>Off-list reply > >* Phil <for...@gimpusers.com> [03-14-10 13:52]: >> I am new to this site, and fairly new to gimp. I used gimp to build a >> website for our local reef club a couple of years ago, and now we have redone >> the website. Our new logo was done by a friend of a friend type deal, and the >> image size is rather small. Every time we go to print it out, it tells us we >> need 300dpi. Is there away to take my current image and have gimp convert >> this to 300 dpi so we can get our shirts and business cards printed out? Any >> help will be greatly appreciated. > >Your problem is probably that you are trying to print at a larger size >than the image is. Effectively when you enlarge the size/print-size you >spread out the microscopic dots/pixels/!dpi that comprise the image, ie: > >the original image is 640px x 480px (px=pixels) @ 2.133x1.600 inches and >300dpi > >if you print the image at twice the size, 4.266x3.2, you quarter the >300dpi to 75dpi and your printer complains. > >There is no *good* solution past a larger *original* image, but.. I have >increased the present image size a little at a time, then applied a mild >unsharp-mask. It should print *decent* to 4x3 inches or smaller, >especially on a shirt. If your printer still complains, tell it to print >anyway. > >I have attached the image. If you wish to print a larger size, you may >open the image in gimp and increase the print size under "Image", or I >will do it for you. > >guk luk, >
Thank you for the help, but where do I find the image? Sorry for being an idiot -- Phil (via www.gimpusers.com) _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
