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Old 01-05-2006, 07:05 AM
Dmitry Kopnichev
 
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Default Re: How to stop MS Paint changing resolution of files to 96 dpi?

Yves.
Do the free software from www.faststone.org treat pixel dimensions and
resolution as the same things too? Do they require to "Select the print
size" too? Do not they see original image size in centimeters or inches too?
"yves alarie" <rd50@@pitt.edu> сообщил/сообщила в новостях следующее:
news:OSltkyE5FHA.1148@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Pixel dimensions and resolution are the same thing!
> Paint does not print anything 6+ times larger. Impossible.
> What you see from Paint is the size that your image would occupy on your
> screen, at 96 dpi, with the number of pixels contained in your image file.
> Nothing more and nothing less. Paint does not print anything. It simply
> tranfers the file to your printer. Select the print size.
> Get some free software from here to edit and print your images:
> www.faststone.org
> and forget about Paint.
>
> "Dmitry Kopnichev" <kopn@bk.ruDelete> wrote in message
> news:%23GhOoxC5FHA.4036@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> >I did not write about pixel dimensions, I wrote about resolution. The

Paint
> > changes resolution and length dimensions of a scanned image, not pixel
> > dimensions, therefore, Paint prints a 600 dpi image 6+ times larger.
> > "Yves Alarie" <rd50@@pitt.edu> сообщил/сообщила в новостях следующее:
> > news:uM5fnM84FHA.1276@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> >> I don't think anything is wrong.
> >> The 96 dpi displayed by Paint is simply your monitor display.
> >> Open the Properties of the file and check the pixel dimensions of it.

It
> >> should have the same pixel dimensions as the original file, say,
> >> something
> >> like:
> >> 1200 x 800.
> >>
> >>
> >> "Dmitry Kopnichev" <kopn@bk.ruDelete> wrote in message
> >> news:eshXZf54FHA.3588@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> >> > Hello
> >> > How to stop MS Paint changing resolution of b&w tif files from 600 to
> >> > 96
> >> > dpi? After editing the 600 dpi files in MS Paint and saving them the

> > files
> >> > become 96 dpi.
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>

> >
> >

>
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