Digital BW, The Print

"bobphoto" wrote:
> I have come to the conclusion that when making a test print you have to take a section 
of an image and print it full size rather than re-sizing the whole image to make a small 
print.  > Bob

I'm with Bob on this one! A few weeks ago I did a test print on my Epson 1200 loaded with 
Fotonics. I wanted to test the new Kodak Ultra paper. I resized an 8x10 image in 
Photoshop in the Print with Preview down to about 3x4 inches to place more than one 
image on the paper. The print came out with the black ink area area all crackled - looks 
like an orange skin -  and thought "crap this paper is not compatible with Fotonics". But 
decided to print a full size image and guess what? Made a fairly nice image and the black 
areas were not crackled or blocked - had full detail and smooth surface.

Could be sizing down image increases the resolution to the point where the printer/driver 
can not handle it.

John V.