Also check out almost everyone's favorite free Windows-based
image viewing/manipulation software known as IrfanView at:
http://www.irfanview.com
"Yves Alarie" <rd50@@pitt.edu> wrote in message news:ewi1elH5FHA.3628@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> No printing software "sees" centimeters or inches. The dimensions of an
> image is in pixels only and this is the only thing the printing software
> sees about your image. No inches or centimeters (see my answer to your
> message of 5:44AM).
>
> When you print, you must select a size in inches or centimeters. The
> software takes the dimensions of your image in pixels and prints the size
> you select.
> For a very good print, take the dimensions of your image in pixels and
> divide by 300 to get an idea of how large a print you can make, if you want
> a smaller print than the answer below there is no problem.
> So if the dimensions of your image are 5000 x 4000 pixels, you can print at
> 16.6 x 13.3 inches. You can reduce 300 down to 200 and still get a decent
> print of a larger size. Below 200 the quality of the print will deteriorate
> pretty quickly.
> Faststone will give you the options such as "fit to page" or "specified
> size". It will give you a "preview" of how the image will be printed on the
> page by your printer.
>
> However, there is another problem that you must solve before you print. You
> must fit the aspect ratio of your image to the aspect ratio of the paper
> size you select.
>
> The aspect ratio is simply dividing the width by the height of the pixel
> dimensions.
> In the example above it would be 5000/4000= 1.25.
> So if you print on 10 x 8 in. paper size, 10/8= 1.25 and the image will fit
> perfectly.
> If you print on 6 x 4 in. paper size, 6/4= 1.5. The image will not fit and
> Faststone will show you (in the print preview window) how the image will be
> automatically cropped to fit the size you selected. If this is not to your
> liking. after you open the image with Faststone, use the crop tool. Crop the
> image to the paper size you want to use, placing the crop where you want it,
> then print using the paper size you cropped the image with. Faststone will
> also let you save the cropped image, with no alteration to your original
> file. Go with this option since you may want to print at a different size in
> the future and you will want to crop the original image.
>
>
>
> "Dmitry Kopnichev" <kopn@bk.ruDelete> wrote in message
> news:enBxiJF5FHA.4012@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> 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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