Klarinet Archive - Posting 000179.txt from 2000/07

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] An error in a Sousa march
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 23:44:06 -0400

At 05:27 PM 7/4/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>From: "Bill Hausmann" <bhausman@-----.com>
>> Well, I guess it will just have to be printed on normal 8 1/2 x 11, then,
>> unless the purchaser also has a larger-format printer.
>
>Which means you're going to be using a lot of adhesive tape.
>
OK. You'd have to tape pages together. Nothing is perfect.

>> The lasting
>> qualities of the stock will be relatively unimportant, since you can print
>> a new copy anytime you feel the old one is too dog-eared.
>
>I'm more concerned with the readability - bright, thin paper doesn't cut it.
>It glares and has read-through. I fault many of today's publishing companies
>when it comes to paper quality - I gladly pay more for good quality paper,
>since it's readable in varying light conditions without eyestrain.
>
Ultimately, it will depend on the quality of paper you load in your
printer. The choice is yours. I can't say that I've noticed any
read-through lately, although that would be a very bad thing. Bright paper
is not nice for outdoor concerts in bright sunlight, but otherwise I can
live with it.

>> I haven't seen anything printed in standard Adobe PDF format that wasn't
>> perfectly acceptable.
>
>One nit - the PDF file isn't resolution independent - it has to be created
>at a particular resolution. It can be downsampled (with resulting artifacts)
>to lower resolutions.
>
>I guess I'm a lot pickier at printing quality than the average person - I
>find 1200 DPI only marginally acceptable for text or music.
>
>I've never seen anything electronic yet that has anything close to the
>usability and portability (not to mention the ease of reading) of paper and
>high-quality printing - and I'm in the computer business.
>
Maybe now that my vision is going on me with age I don't notice it anymore!
Still, as long as they don't skimp on the resolution, they should be able
to provide acceptable copies. My cheap scanner can made useable page-turn
copies in a pinch (so sue me!), although I'd never accept them from a
publisher.

Paper still has the edge over electronics for reading tasks, which is why
we are still talking about printing on paper rather than replacing music
stands with computer screens (God forbid!). I don't WANT my newspaper or a
novel downloaded to a computer screen, at least not with current or on the
horizon technology. I want to take it with me, read it at the beach, on
the bus, in the john, wherever and whenever I want.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://homepages.go.com/~zoot14/zoot14.html
Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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