On Friday, December 21, 2001, at 06:46 AM, Paul Jones wrote: > Any tips on getting good prints? i noticed it was a little pixely in the > finely detailed sections. > > Also I am printing out of photoshop 6 and when i go into print options > if i > select the scale to be > 100% then the image appears tiny on the page, i have to choose to scale > to > fit media which in turn makes the image scale about 2000%. The image > was > scanned in at 2400dpi, so if anything shouldn't i be down sizing the > image?
How big are you trying to print? And what is the optical resolution of the scanner? And what is the size of the original? If your scanner is 1200 dpi optical/2400 dpi interpolated, that 2400 dpi is good for maybe a 5x7. Go to image --> image size. Check the box that says 'constrain proportions'. Uncheck the box that says 'resample image'. Change the resolution to 300 pixels per inch and then look at what it says the size of the print will be...that's what you scanned. You can get away with lower than 300 ppi, but you'll see pixelation and loss of detail. -Aaron p.s. good luck - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
