Preparation for printing

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preparing for printing.

What's the best way to prepare an image for printing.

If I have a scanned image at 20 inch x 300dpi and wish to make a 10 inch
print. Should I resize it 10" x 300dpi or make it 10" x 600dpi

Generally what ever the image is Ill just use fit to page option - but
some have said resize it down to the print size at 300dpi. To me this
is throwing away information.

thanks
 
Rob said:
If I have a scanned image at 20 inch x 300dpi and wish to make a 10 inch
print. Should I resize it 10" x 300dpi or make it 10" x 600dpi
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Why not print one of each and select which you prefer?
 
The answer is "it depends"...

It depends upon how the driver for your printer interprets the extra
information, and if it can use that additional info.

The driver may "throw away information" also depending on what
resolution it uses in creating the raster.

Art
 
If I have a scanned image at 20 inch x 300dpi and wish to make a 10
inch print. Should I resize it 10" x 300dpi or make it 10" x 600dpi
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Depends on the what it is that you've scanned. Either will work but if
it's text then printing to 10" @ 300 DPI would be sufficient; if it's
graphics with fine detail then you're right, 10" @ 600 DPI will retain
more detail.

As your question was about preparation for printing, and just in case you
weren't aware, you should also apply some sharpening to the [any digitally
acquired] image before you print it.

Jon.
 
Arthur said:
The answer is "it depends"...

It depends upon how the driver for your printer interprets the extra
information, and if it can use that additional info.

The driver may "throw away information" also depending on what
resolution it uses in creating the raster.

Art
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I have the R1800 and the associated drivers XP OS. Printing photos.
 
Jon said:
[email protected] (Rob) wrote: said:
If I have a scanned image at 20 inch x 300dpi and wish to make a 10
inch print. Should I resize it 10" x 300dpi or make it 10" x 600dpi
Click to expand...


Depends on the what it is that you've scanned. Either will work but if
it's text then printing to 10" @ 300 DPI would be sufficient; if it's
graphics with fine detail then you're right, 10" @ 600 DPI will retain
more detail.

Photo's



As your question was about preparation for printing, and just in case you
weren't aware, you should also apply some sharpening to the [any digitally
acquired] image before you print it.
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Thats part of the process.
 
Consumer Epson drivers rasterize using up to 720 dpi, so you may see
some extra detail at 600 dpi. The newer Epson's can take advantage of
higher than 300 dpi, but I would suggest that you make samples of at
least part of each print in the two options you refer to and see for
yourself it you can see the difference. For some images it may be more
obvious than others, depending upon the subject matter and paper used.

However, it's a trade off. The file will be larger, more overhead
required to manipulate it and to raster and print it.

Art
 
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