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Greensleeves
15-04-2010, 04:13 PM
Hi everyone
When i am resizing any photo to print off for one of my mugs should i resize the photo to 1 MB or leave it at its original size of 6 MB. Printing with a epson 265r. Does it make any difference at all or does it slow the printing down. I dont want to lose quality if i resize. :D

Kaz
15-04-2010, 04:56 PM
Crikey, that's a big image size to start with :shock:

Most of mine are about 500k, as long as it's over 100k, the print quality is great :)

But I am using a Ricoh ;)

HometoGifts
18-04-2010, 11:13 PM
Gel printers are very good but it's all a question of
area being print and the quality of the picture.
If you're printing a small picture then as low as
200kb can work if the pix per cm or inch are of a
good number. If you look at you resized picture
on your computer at 200% the normal size, and
you're happy that the quality and pixels on the
screen are a good quality, then you should be ok.

One thing for sure, 6mb will slow the printer done
whilst it transfers the picture from your computer.

Justin
18-04-2010, 11:45 PM
Hi 0044 7989 366307, do you really want to be known by this number? :? It would be nice to be able to call you by a human name....I am not a number I am a free man! LOL.

Kaz
19-04-2010, 10:54 AM
Justin, that's a phone number ;)

Andrew
19-04-2010, 02:14 PM
Well we have just seen the return of the old "Prisoner" series to tv so he could be one of them.

frizbee
19-04-2010, 07:40 PM
Maybe the "you can call me : "

confused them as it looks like it coudl me you can call me on xxxxxx

David

Paul
20-04-2010, 10:56 AM
there is nothing to do with size. is all about resolution of the picture. for example high key photograps will be smaller in size but can still have high resolution. i dont print anything smaller then 800x600. so do not judg the image just from his size. thanx. paul.

bms
20-04-2010, 11:13 AM
I agree with Paul - it's the resolution that makes the difference. Often images on websites are optimised for quick download and might be 72dpi or 96dpi. For best printing in sublimation we often work in 300dpi, so when you blow up a small 72dpi picture to a larger size it pixelates (rough edges and lacks definition in colour). A larger web image can be reduced in size without loosing quality but often making it larger makes the image look naff. I think this is the same whether it is a jpg or a gif as both file types are means of reducing the file size of a picture.