Digital BW, The Print

jcphoto52 <jacques.caron@...> wrote:

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> ... is it very important to print a flattened image? I save all my
> Photoshop files with layers and just before printing, should I flatten them.
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There are probably others who can answer this better than I can, but my
experience and expectation is that the Epson driver will print the active
layers and not the hidden ones.  I think QTR flattens files.

When I use QTR, I, personally, make a "QTR" printing file that has
everything flattened, a curve applied, and often the image changed to 8 bit
per channel.  Since the file is just for printing, I make it as small and
pre-converted as possible to eliminate variables and, simply, make smaller
files that take less space and process faster.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com


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