Yves.
Does the free software require to "Select the print size" too? Does not it
see original image size in centimeters or inches in tif file too? I want to
print with exactly the same size as the original scanned paper image, not
with the size which gives "a high quality print".
"Yves Alarie" <rd50@@pitt.edu> сообщил/сообщила в новостях следующее:
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> The problem comes from the fact that dpi (dot per inch, and used for
> printing)) and ppi (pixel per inch and used for video display) are often
> used interchangeably.
> Say you have a photo at 5000 x 4000 pixels.
> Your screen display is set at either 72 or 96 ppi.
> Thus 5000/72= 69.4 and 4000/72= 55.5 inches.
> This means that at 72 ppi, you could fill a screen of 69.4 x 55.5 inches.
> The displayed photo would look pretty bad. Instead, the software works to
> place this photo to fit your screen size, and it looks very good.
>
> Now you want to print. Can you print at 69.4 x 55.5 inches. The answer is
> yes (provided you have a printer that can do this), but the print would be
> terrible.
>
> To print, a rule of thumb is you need 300 dpi for a great print.
> So for the above photo you have:
> 5000/300= 16.6 and 4000/300= 13.3 inches.
> You can reduce this 300 dpi to about 200 dpi and still get a fairly good
> print. Below 200 the quality will deteriorate rapidly.
>
> So, with your tif file, look at the pixel dimensions of the file. This
will
> tell you (using 300 dpi as a start) how large a high quality print you can
> make.
>
> There is no reason to use Paint for editing or printing. It is just too
old
> and so much free software is available to do this much better.
>
>
> "Dmitry Kopnichev" <kopn@bk.ruDelete> wrote in message
> news:uXWwkFF5FHA.884@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> > Resolution is number of dots per inch. Pixel dimensions are the size in
> > pixels. They are different things.
> > If you think it is impossible, then try yourself, scan a A4 sheet with
600
> > dpi resolution to a 1bit tif and try to print it from Paint with 100%
size
> > in the Page setup. Paint will print just 1/6 of the image.
> > I did not write about size on screen, but about size on a printed paper.
> > I do not want to "Select the print size", I want the Pain to print with
> the
> > original size stated in a tif.
> > "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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