printing/resolution problem - help!

[muttonfed]

Hi,

I've been using Corel Painter 7 to digitally create my artwork, working onto Riff files, at 72dpi, but when I try to print them out, they are terribly blurry, and I've been informed that it's because my resolution is too low, and should be 300dpi.

I guess I have three questions, first - is there any way to get a 72 dpi image printed out, looking as good as it does on the screen - i.e. using a specific file type?

Second, is there any way to increase the resolution, maintain the same image size and not lose any quality?

The other question is - is having the image at 300dpi in the first place the best way to do it? This has been suggested to me, but I tried opening a 300dpi file that would be roughly A4 sized once printed, and it was enormous, far too large to realistically draw on using Painter - so how do people do it?

Thanks for your help!

[muttonfed]

Hi,

I've been using Corel Painter 7 to digitally create my artwork, working onto Riff files, at 72dpi, but when I try to print them out, they are terribly blurry, and I've been informed that it's because my resolution is too low, and should be 300dpi.

I guess I have three questions, first - is there any way to get a 72 dpi image printed out, looking as good as it does on the screen - i.e. using a specific file type?

Second, is there any way to increase the resolution, maintain the same image size and not lose any quality?

The other question is - is having the image at 300dpi in the first place the best way to do it? This has been suggested to me, but I tried opening a 300dpi file that would be roughly A4 sized once printed, and it was enormous, far too large to realistically draw on using Painter - so how do people do it?

Thanks for your help!

[Judi A]

Question #1 is No, is not going to produce a nice print-out no matter what file type you use.

Question #2 <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> is there any way to increase the resolution, maintain the same image size and not lose any quality? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Not after you have already finished the drawing. Although there is a program you can buy (sorry I forgot it's name) that says it can do this.

Question #3 200 to 300 dpi is the best to use IF you are creating the graphic for print. Yes if you are creating a large image you will have to zoom in and out to create it. This is not a Painter problem per say, but a monitor size problem.

[Mike Bailey]

A suggestion.
Check your printers properties, set the print resolution high enough to capture the image quality your after, ex. 150dpi or more

If you set the print res. to high you may experience a printer memory overrun and/or the printer may spool for a long time. Balance the output, resolution verses memory.

The Bitmap Image size verses resolution: Drawing a CG image at a low resolution will conserve memory and speed up the drawing process, increasing or resampling the image to a higher resolution as your work progresses will allow you to draw smaller details, the reason being the pixel becomes smaller in an image that has 300 dots/pixels to the inch as compared to an image that only has 72 dots per inch but requires a great deal more memory and processor. Use the Zoom function to manage the view of a large hi-res image as you work.