FROM ELMERPRINTS
NEWSLETTER
March 2004
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Many think that a picture is a picture and that it can be used for
printed
matters without problems. However, a number of requirements must be
met to reach the wanted result.
Basically the resolution of a picture must be 300 dpi in order to be
printed. If a picture is enlarged information will be lost, i.e. the
picture
quality is reduced. This means that you cannot just "pull" the
picture
larger on the screen.
Often you are cheated when seeing the pictures on the screen. Here
they look fine, but this is due to the fact that the screen
resolution is
only 72 dpi. Therefore pictures from the internet only rarely can be
used for printing. This also applies for most of the standard
pictures on the computer.
As rule of thumb it can be said that the picture on the screen will
be
reduced to ¼-size when printed, i.e. if you want a picture in the
size
10 x 10 cm after printing it must be approx. 40 x 40 cm on the
screen.
It is possible to use pictures taken by a digital camera, but the
camera
must be adjusted to the best possible resolution.
Finally we draw your attention to the fact that normally the colours
on the screen are not quite identical with those on the print as it
is a matter of 2 different colour systems.
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