Pixel Joint Forum: Preserving pixels for print

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   Hi everybody.

Sorry if this has been answered elsewhere, I had a scout round and couldn't find anything.

Two questions:

1. (In Photoshop CS2) What is the best way to preserve the sharpness and appearance of a pixel when it is printed?

Eg: I have an image at 72 ppi resolution, and would like to print it in a way which shows the pixels on the page. So that dithering and individual pixels are visible on paper.

2. (In Photoshop CS2) What is the best way to scale a pixel image up without it bluring? By this I mean; so that at 'actual size' magnification, the pixels appear enlarged, as if you were zoomed right it.

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Thanks for any help you can give...

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Red Eye Seaman Joined: 07 December 2008 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Topic: Preserving pixels for print Posted: 07 December 2008 at 7:44am
	Hi everybody. Sorry if this has been answered elsewhere, I had a scout round and couldn't find anything. Two questions: 1. (In Photoshop CS2) What is the best way to preserve the sharpness and appearance of a pixel when it is printed? Eg: I have an image at 72 ppi resolution, and would like to print it in a way which shows the pixels on the page. So that dithering and individual pixels are visible on paper. 2. (In Photoshop CS2) What is the best way to scale a pixel image up without it bluring? By this I mean; so that at 'actual size' magnification, the pixels appear enlarged, as if you were zoomed right it. --- Thanks for any help you can give...
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jukebox14 Seaman Joined: 03 December 2008 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 19	Posted: 07 December 2008 at 8:40am
	i know a little about photoshop but i have cs3 and elements instead so im really not that much of helpsorry
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 12 January 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 07 December 2008 at 11:09am
	First, Save As (a copy of original for print) > Image Size > % needed > 300dpi > Nearest Neighbor Intrepolation > Print Edited by jalonso - 07 December 2008 at 11:09am
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Red Eye Seaman Joined: 07 December 2008 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Posted: 07 December 2008 at 4:09pm
	Apologies - It is just CS, not CS2 Also, I am still not entirely clear. My images are 72ppi A4. When I change the image to 300ppi and everything - I save it as a ping to keep the individual pixels clean. When it comes out of the printer it seems to have, somewhere along the line, aliased everything. Could you explain (in leyman's terms, so my tiny brain can comprehend) how the process works, so I could understand it better? Thanks (PS: Thanks your previous replies)
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 12 January 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 09 December 2008 at 9:05pm
	You did ok but do not save as a png (ping), save as an eps! Remember, when you are in the 'image size' window make sure you check the 'nearest neighbor' option at the bottom or it will blur.
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