Thank you so much, Derek! You have gone to a great deal of trouble to answer my question – and have certainly taught me a lot. I do appreciate your help.
Gilly On 6 Dec 2012, at 12:25, Derek Cross wrote: > Regarding image resolution, rule-of-thumb – for commercial printing, allow > 300 pixels per inch (PPI)) . This allows two pixels per line screen. For > inkjet printing you can come down to lower resolutions - maybe 200 PPI. > > To work out the optimal size you can print divide the image's pixel > dimensions by the proposed PPI. In the above example, dividing 2804px by 300 > and 2035 by 300 = 9.34inchs x 6.78 inches (237 172mm). As A5 is 210 x 172 > this would be adequate for an A5 print and would probably scale up to A4 > satisfactory. > > Derek > > > On 6 Dec 2012, at 10:35, David Ransom <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Gilly, >> >> I would say that it would print at good quality at about A5 size and >> probably still acceptable at A4, depending of course on the quality of the >> photograph. >> >> David >> >> >> On 6 December 2012 10:30, Gillian Snoxall <[email protected]> wrote: >> Can anyone tell me what is the maximum size photo I could have printed from >> the image described below? >> >> [see attached file: Screen Shot 2012-12-06 at 10.23.17.png] >> >> Gilly >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
