QTR-Quadtone RIP

I think you have to tick the box in QTR to size it to fit the paper size you are using.. not in front of my QTR right now, but I think that is it. I never resize.



On Thursday, December 12, 2013 3:33:26 PM, "jacques.caron@videotron.qc.ca" <jacques.caron@...> wrote:
 
  
Hi all


Using QTRip for printing, I don't really check my sizes in Photoshop before saving the file in tiff format. When I print, if the picture is too big for the paper size, I reduce it by using the handles in QTRip.
My question, is it better to have a perfect size in Photoshop or the QTRip algorithm is OK?

Thanks

I'm not sure I understand the question, or the answer by Mr. Wolf.

I believe the question is really about resampling and the algorithm controlling it. My attitude in printing is, if possible, do not resample; print all, and only those pixels in the original image. This means choose one of the canonical Epson resolutions (1440, 720, 360, 288, 240,…) that will result in ppi = dpi. That is, all and only the original pixels will be printed.

For instance, if the long dimension of your image is ~5500 pixel, then choosing a resolution of 360 dpi will result in a print that is 5500/360 = 15.278 in, and if the image has not been cropped, you'll get a print of about 15x10 in.

Do the math; it's straightforward. Of course, you cannot avoid resampling if you constrain both the printing resolution and the print size together.

HFL