[thelist] Print Width

that doesn't sound right... he wants to know how wide a web page 
can effectively be to fit on a 8.5" wide sheet of paper (right?)...

he doesn't want to know dpi of the output, but how many px, and 
2400 px ain't gonna happen...

btw, what's with the '?' as a quoting symbol?

my number might not be perfect, either, especially since my 600px 
tables seem to fit on a sheet of paper just fine...

> From: Andy Wojtowski <awojtowski@oracular.com>
>
> The key is to remember that the ppi or dpi (points per inch or dots
> per inch) is the key for how many pixels on a page. I believe most
> word processing programs are 300dpi which then translates into
> 2400dpi. on 8"
> 
> ?
> ?well, let's assume 1/4" margins, since that's what my printer can
> ?do...
> ?
> ?so that's 8" of printable area...
> ?
> ?and screen res, let's say, is 72ppi... ? ?so 8 x 72 = 576 ?
> ?576 pixels sound right?