Printer / Dimension problem

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Bob_Onysko
Nov 25, 2006
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I’m using an Epson 1280 – but I suspect this applies to any printer: Let’s say I have a photo (200DPI) that I have cropped to 4"x6". I want to print one copy. IfI use a sheet of 8 1/2"x11" paper, it will print in the missle of the sheet – thus wasting the rest of the sheet. So I create a blank canvas at 200DPI and 8 1/2"X11" – then drag my 4×6 over to it and place it so that I have paper left over to print something else – OR I might arrange to print two of this same 4×6 on the same sheet. I use the Ruler function and all looks well. However, the finished 4×6 or two 4×6’s are approximately 8% smaller after printing. Can someone tell me what’s happening? Also, perhaps there is a better way to make the most use of a sheet of paper and still get the dimensions of the prints that I want as a result. I suspect that I’m going about this wrong. I’m also assuming that a 4×6 at 200 DPI should fit on a 8 1/2×11 (200DPI) without shrinking or changing dimension in any way. Please help.

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Donald_Reese
Nov 25, 2006
First,its ppi or pixels per inch. dpi is what your printer puts on paper. if you did indeed have a document thats 300 ppi,and a 4×6 @ 300ppi,then you should get the same size. when you crop to 4×6,is there any resolution entered in the crop box? in other words if your crop tool is set to 4×6 at 150,and you drag it into a 300 ppi document,it will get much smaller than 4×6.
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Jim
Nov 25, 2006
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I’m using an Epson 1280 – but I suspect this applies to any printer: Let’s say I have a photo (200DPI) that I have cropped to 4"x6". I want to print one copy. IfI use a sheet of 8 1/2"x11" paper, it will print in the missle of the sheet – thus wasting the rest of the sheet. So I create a blank canvas at 200DPI and 8 1/2"X11" – then drag my 4×6 over to it and place it so that I have paper left over to print something else – OR I might arrange to print two of this same 4×6 on the same sheet. I use the Ruler function and all looks well. However, the finished 4×6 or two 4×6’s are approximately 8% smaller after printing. Can someone tell me what’s happening? Also, perhaps there is a better way to make the most use of a sheet of paper and still get the dimensions of the prints that I want as a result. I suspect that I’m going about this wrong. I’m also assuming that a 4×6 at 200 DPI should fit on a 8 1/2×11 (200DPI) without shrinking or changing dimension in any way. Please help.

Why not just use 4×6 paper? The prints don’t take long and don’t use much ink.

Jim
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Bob_Onysko
Nov 25, 2006
I stand corrected. The resolution I referred to in the cropped photo was 200 PPI as was the 8 1/2×11 blank document I placed it on.
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Michael_D_Sullivan
Nov 25, 2006
Are you printing at 100%, or fitting the paper’s margins? For accurate size, you need to scale to 100% in print with preview. Fit margins will scale the image down to leave the 1/8" (or whatever the printer requires) margins. Also, for accurate sizes, don’t print borderless.
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Michel_APPERE
Nov 27, 2006
I also suggest you uncheck the "center image" in the "print with preview" dialog box. So you can drag the image to either the top or bottom of the paper.
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A_Bowie
Nov 28, 2006
Currently using Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 Windows and XEROX Phaser 8400 solid ink color printer.

I load a 6×4 gloss photo card to print a jpg from Photoshop Elements. After choosing the correct page setup, the printed card always has a 1/2 inch margin (border?) around it thus cutting off some of the picture.

Is there some way to adjust this border/margin to perhaps an 1/8 inch instead of 1/2?

Thanks for any help –

A Bowie
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Michael_D_Sullivan
Nov 28, 2006
A Bowie, you need to go to the Photoshop Elements forum down the hall. This is the Photoshop forum.

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