Digital BW, The Print

Ok, this is a PURE printing issue and reportedly ONLY under Windows.

Apparently on the Windows version of PS CS3, if you choose unequal 
horizontal and vertical printing resolutions (i.e. 1200x600 in the 
driver/print dialog),  the image is distorted on output.  It seems Adobe 
wrote the  code assuming that all the data would be piped over in 
equivalent resolutions (although the talk of "square pixels" being the 
cause on the Adobe forum thread isn't technically correct, but it does 
describe the effect). So, it prints without distortion at 600x600, or 
1200x1200, but not 2400x1200, etc. (All the reports I've seen so far are 
strangely from laser printers - if anyone does experience this with 
other than a laser printer, please let me know)

"CS3 Printing Problem - images distorted"
http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?128@@.3bc3bb3b

This was one of the earlier bugs reported, but it happened while I was 
amidst taking my own finals and grading exams.

Basically, Adobe is telling people to simply print at the lower 
resolutions. Unfortunately, as many who print know, many current drivers 
don't list the printer resolutions for each "setting" anymore, simply 
listing things like "Fine," "finest," "draft," "highest resolution," and 
"best for photos" etc.




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Keith Krebs

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