Scale or change dpi to make a screen shot filt within printer margins
Hello I have several screen shots in my A4 manual that are too big to be printed within the margins of my A4 paper. How do I reduce the dimension of the screen shot to make it print within the marigins? Do I resize or do I change the dpi settings? Of course I still want the scren shot to print fine on my 600 dpi printer Best regards, Verner Anderse Radiometer Medical ApS Akandevej 21 2700 Bronshoj Denmark Phone: +45 38 27 38 27 CVR: 27 50 91 85 www.radiometer.com For the latest trends in acute care testing, go to Radiometer's knowledge site www.acutecaretesting.org Please be advised that this email may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us by email by replying to the sender and delete this message. The sender disclaims that the content of this email constitutes an offer to enter into, or the acceptance of, any agreement; provided that the foregoing does not invalidate the binding effect of any digital or other electronic reproduction of a manual signature that is included in any attachment. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Scale or change dpi to make a screen shot filt within printer margins
Change the import DPI. This will retain the image quality while reducing the size of the image by incorporating more dots per inch. So long as you don't exceed 600 DPI for the image, it will print just fine on your 600 DPI printer. If you resize the image, in a photo editor or some such application, you will be throwing away image information (pixels) and will be forcing the software to reinterpret the pixel order of the newly sized image, creating distortion/noise. Don't do that. ;-) I have a rule for print to standardize screen shots (native 96 DPI) at 150 DPI. It reduces the image enough to not hog page real estate but still makes the image easy to see. I adjust accordingly if I am showing detail (tiny icons and such are imported at 96 DPI) or if I have an abnormally large screen shot (perhaps imported at 180 DPI or more) though I try to reduce the screens to the smallest native view before capturing them to avoid this. On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 7:32 AM, Andersen, Verner Engell VEA verner.ander...@radiometer.dk wrote: Hello I have several screen shots in my A4 manual that are too big to be printed within the margins of my A4 paper. How do I reduce the dimension of the screen shot to make it print within the marigins? Do I resize or do I change the dpi settings? Of course I still want the scren shot to print fine on my 600 dpi printer Best regards, Verner Anderse -- Bill Swallow Twitter: @techcommdood Blog: http://techcommdood.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/techcommdood ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Scale or change dpi to make a screen shot filt within printer margins
Andersen, Verner wrote: How do I reduce the dimension of the screen shot to make it print within the marigins? Do I resize or do I change the dpi settings? Of course I still want the scren shot to print fine on my 600 dpi printer I always set the dpi upon import. Since FM shows the pixel dimensions and the resulting sizes for some standard dpi options, it's easy to calculate an appropriate dpi setting for the space available. I was taught that for best printing results, use a dpi setting that's evenly divisible into the printer dpi. So, for 600 dpi output, a setting of 120 or 150 dpi would be preferable to a setting of 135 dpi. If you have to change the scaling of an already-imported picture, be sure to do so using the Scaling controls in the Object Properties dialog, not the mouse. Resizing a bitmap graphic by dragging is a sure way to destroy the quality. If you're optimizing for a printer, not the screen, it's best to modify the dpi (using the rule of thumb I mentioned above) instead of the scaling percentage. HTH! Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-903-6372 -- ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Scale or change dpi to make a screen shot filt within printer margins
Hello I have several screen shots in my A4 manual that are too big to be printed within the margins of my A4 paper. How do I reduce the dimension of the screen shot to make it print within the marigins? Do I resize or do I change the dpi settings? Of course I still want the scren shot to print fine on my 600 dpi printer Best regards, Verner Anderse Radiometer Medical ApS Akandevej 21 2700 Bronshoj Denmark Phone: +45 38 27 38 27 CVR: 27 50 91 85 www.radiometer.com For the latest trends in acute care testing, go to Radiometer's knowledge site www.acutecaretesting.org Please be advised that this email may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us by email by replying to the sender and delete this message. The sender disclaims that the content of this email constitutes an offer to enter into, or the acceptance of, any agreement; provided that the foregoing does not invalidate the binding effect of any digital or other electronic reproduction of a manual signature that is included in any attachment.
Scale or change dpi to make a screen shot filt within printer margins
Change the import DPI. This will retain the image quality while reducing the size of the image by incorporating more dots per inch. So long as you don't exceed 600 DPI for the image, it will print just fine on your 600 DPI printer. If you resize the image, in a photo editor or some such application, you will be throwing away image information (pixels) and will be forcing the software to reinterpret the pixel order of the newly sized image, creating distortion/noise. Don't do that. ;-) I have a rule for print to standardize screen shots (native 96 DPI) at 150 DPI. It reduces the image enough to not hog page real estate but still makes the image easy to see. I adjust accordingly if I am showing detail (tiny icons and such are imported at 96 DPI) or if I have an abnormally large screen shot (perhaps imported at 180 DPI or more) though I try to reduce the screens to the smallest native view before capturing them to avoid this. On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 7:32 AM, Andersen, Verner Engell VEA wrote: > Hello > > I have several screen shots in my A4 manual that are too big to be > printed within the margins of my A4 paper. > > How do I reduce the dimension of the screen shot to make it print within > the marigins? Do I resize or do I change the dpi settings? > Of course I still want the scren shot to print fine on my 600 dpi > printer > > Best regards, > > Verner Anderse -- Bill Swallow Twitter: @techcommdood Blog: http://techcommdood.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/techcommdood
Scale or change dpi to make a screen shot filt within printer margins
Andersen, Verner wrote: > How do I reduce the dimension of the screen shot to make it print within > the marigins? Do I resize or do I change the dpi settings? > Of course I still want the scren shot to print fine on my 600 dpi > printer I always set the dpi upon import. Since FM shows the pixel dimensions and the resulting sizes for some standard dpi options, it's easy to calculate an appropriate dpi setting for the space available. I was taught that for best printing results, use a dpi setting that's evenly divisible into the printer dpi. So, for 600 dpi output, a setting of 120 or 150 dpi would be preferable to a setting of 135 dpi. If you have to change the scaling of an already-imported picture, be sure to do so using the Scaling controls in the Object Properties dialog, not the mouse. Resizing a bitmap graphic by dragging is a sure way to destroy the quality. If you're optimizing for a printer, not the screen, it's best to modify the dpi (using the rule of thumb I mentioned above) instead of the scaling percentage. HTH! Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-903-6372 --
