Preserving pixels for print
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Printed Date: 22 February 2026 at 5:30pm
Topic: Preserving pixels for print
Posted By: Red Eye
Subject: Preserving pixels for print
Date Posted: 07 December 2008 at 7:44am
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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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Posted By: jukebox14
Date Posted: 07 December 2008 at 8:40am
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i know a little about photoshop but i have cs3 and elements instead so im really not that much of help ------------- 
I keep the beat goin' ~Jukebox~ ^_^ |
sorryPosted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 07 December 2008 at 11:09am
First, Save As (a copy of original for print) > Image Size > % needed > 300dpi > Nearest Neighbor Intrepolation > Print 
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Posted By: Red Eye
Date Posted: 07 December 2008 at 4:09pm
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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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Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 09 December 2008 at 9:05pm
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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. ------------- |