For everybody working with 3D images and lenticular media,

I created an interlacing software.
If anybody is interested in trying it, it is available for free without limitations at the following address:
http://www.framedlives.com/?q=interlacer
It is still in beta version and it works by command line at the moment only on Windows 64 bits.

It comes with other two tools: a pitch test software and a deinterlacing tool.

Enjoy,

Giovanni

Thanks Ernst.
your answer is very technical and it will take me a while to fully digest it.

My understaning is that the only way to figure it out for sure is finding some printing service owning some of these top quality printers and ask for a print test of one of my interlaced image for the specific resolution :-) It will require some more time... And some more money.

Giovanni

You are right...
If I'm not wrong, a single lens, on a 60lpi lenticular lens, is 0.42333mm wide.
Printing at 1200ppi it means being able to print 20 frames (vertical lines) per lens.
To do that, each line should be 0.02117mm wide.

This is not possible with a printer that guarantees a 0.0558mm line :-(

Giovanni

I did as you suggested and someone mentioned me the printer HP Z3200, maybe. I post it here.

"The Z3200 drivers set at Best quality + Maximum detail will ask for 1200PPI input. Whether that actually delivers 1200 PPI output quality is another question that could in theory be resolved with MTF charts of print paper resolution tests."

Giovanni

Thanks everybody for all your answers. I'll try contact the suggested forum and if I can find some suggestion I'll post it back here.

Yes, my problem is that I actually need a very high resolution in ppi, something close to 1200ppi.
I'm kind of surprise that there is so much confusion even in the printing market.
It is sooooo difficult to have an answer to what, to me, look like an obvious problem :-(

Thanks again,

Giovanni

Hi everybody,
my name is Giovanni. I'm a Software Engineer with a big passion for photography.
I'm currently working on on 3D photography based on lenticular technology.

I've joined this forum because I cannot find a proper answer to my "simple" question anywhere else and I assume this is the right place to come.

I have a Canon PIXMA 9500 Mark II which can print at 4800x2400 dpi with native resolution of 600 ppi.
I already know that Epson has printers which can print at a native resolution of 720 ppi.

Because of the technology I'm using for 3D pictures I'm looking for a printer which can print at a higher resolution in ppi (e.g. 1200 ppi)
I've heard there are some HP printers that can do it on special paper but I'm not sure.

Does anybody know if there exists a printer, any brand and any cost, that can print at high ppi resolution?

Thanks,

Giovanni