[sclug] High Res Screen Shots

[Alex Butcher]

On Fri, 31 Mar 2006, Peter Brewer wrote:

> right... another brain teaser for the collective sclug brain.....
>
>
> We are in the process of producing large printed banners (around 2m tall). 
> The problem is that our boss would like screen shots of our website taking up 
> quite prominent roles in the banner - perhaps 80-90cm wide.  A simple screen 
> shot using ksnapshot is of course just 72dpi and 1000 odd pixels wide 
> depending on your screen resolution.  Printing this at 300dpi means a pretty 
> damn small image on the banner!

How about starting X with a massive virtual desktop size? 8MB of video RAM
is good for 1600x1200 at 32bpp, so a modern 256MB card should be good enough
for >=8800x6600 at 32bpp. That would give a 30" wide image.

> Pete

Best Regards,
Alex.
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