Digital BW, The Print

Hi David,

That '72 dpi' is the problem. The D7 file has no dpi/ppi info attached
as that's meaningless for the file at that point. Photoshop just
assigns the last ppi figure it used to a file like that, so that many
of our D7 pics show up as 1800 ppi becuse the last image with a
specified resolution came from the film scanner.

That's why I said you should resize for printing with 'Resample image'
unticked. The pixel dimensions will remain unchanged, but when you put
in your print dimensions the pixels/inch will change to around 200-300
for an A4/letter size print. That is the right sort of figure to send
to the printer. If you buy a new printer and send it 72 ppi files, the
results will still be garbage.

On the D7 quality setting, stick where you are. Super Fine saves as a
TIFF file, rather than a JPEG, a full 14.1 MB, with no easily
detectable improvement. RAW mode allows you to use 12 bit/pixel and do
most of your processing out of the camera. Can be useful when you want
to alter pictures a lot.

For info on Minolta digicams, hang out at:

http://www.network54.com/Hide/Forum/151930

Colin

http://travelling-light.net/

> The image is at 72 DPI, but nothing I have in the documentation refers to
> image DPI as being changeable in the camera. I am using the "fine setting"
> .. I have 2 options above that "Super Fine" and "Raw" but no idea what that
> actually is.  As for changing the print driver, I set it to "Best" under
> quality ... again no idea what that relates to in numbers.
> 
> Thanks 
> 
> David
>