No the crop factor doesn't come into it. My question is do cameras such as the D3 and D300 out resolve printers such as the R2400 or are the printers still a step in front? It's basically whether the printers are up to the job of bringing the best out of the cameras or are things lost at the printing stage

I suppose if it could be demonstrated that all things being equal the D3 file had more detail than the D300 and that on actual inspection an A3 print from the former could be seen to have more detail than that perhaps would show at least the printer was up to the D300 in terms of output.

Another way is compare the D3 to the output from a Leaf and if the Leaf print is better then the D3 the printer is capable of out performing the D3. Confused? That make's two of us.

I expect it's me being thick but I think it's a fairly important consideration. If the printrs aren't capable of printing the files from top end cameras maybe we are wasting money paying for something we can't use. Mind you that makes my Ferrari 599 redundant.....I wish.