Re: A question about resolution/printing/resizing
- From: "JM" <jm@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 18:21:49 GMT
"tacit" <tacitr@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In article <cGJHf.97980$Q11.3649@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"JM" <jm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm printing out some user guides (u/g) that are in PDF format. I open
each
page of the 2-page user guide in PS, with the reso set to 240
(recommended
for my Epson printer). The page opens at 17" w x 11" h. I want the
printed
u/g to be one page, so I need to resize each original page to 8" w x 5"
h.
I've tried it two ways with significantly different results; I'd like to
understand what is going on:
First of all, why are you doing this from Photoshop?
You will get better results by printing from Acrobat Reader, because
when you bring the PDF into Photoshop, everything (including text) is
broken up into pixels. If you print from Acrobat, the line work and text
will remain line work and text.
I will now reveal my ignorance regarding Reader, but my problem is that I
want to resize the material to fit on one page. If I open the orginal u/g
in Reader, it takes up an entire page, which is not what I want. PS allows
me to resize the image and place two resized images onto one printable page.
Like I said, the result from the first method is excellent, but it requires
two printer passes. The resize/copy/paste onto new document method solves
that but produces inferior quality.
Given these factors, is Reader a good solution?
First, I did a print preview of the first u/g page at 17" x 11". Of
course,
it spilled outside the printable area, so I resized it within the print
window. I simply chose "8 in" as my width, which fit it nicely on the
page,
centered. Then I unchecked the "center image" option and moved the image
to
the top half of the page. Then I printed it out that way (using Epson's
Photo Quality Inkjet Paper). Next I did the second u/g page the same
way,
positioned it on the bottom of the page, reinsterted the half-printed
page
into the printer, and printed it out. The result was excellent - exactly
what I was looking for. [by the way, this kind of thing looks fantastic
on
the Epson PQIP paper. I've never liked Epson text, especially on regular
paper, but using Epson's own paper makes a tremendous difference - near
laser quality at even 6-8 pt fonts)
This is because when you reduced the page this way, the resolution
increased above 240 pixels per inch.
So is this saying that resizing from within PS's print dialog box retains
the desired reso, while resizing within PS does not?
thank you again,
jm
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