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thomatkinson
thomatkinson
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December 2, 2019
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Jagged edges in photographs printed from InDesign

  • December 2, 2019
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Hi everyone, 

 

I recently began printing my own double sided inkjets for my photographic portfolio. In case it matters I'm using an Epson SC P600 printer with my own custom paper profiles. I lay out the folio pages in InDesign and I've been printing directly from InDesign. I'm very happy with the quality of the prints but I've noticed an issue with a few of them, whereby certain areas appear jagged / saw toothed - see example attached. I pretty sure it's usually on an area in the image which has a straight edge - e.g. in this case the edge of a gutter on a building.

 

When viewed in Photoshop there is no jagged area and when printed from Photoshop there is no jagged area either.  So, I'm assuming this is something I'm doing wrong in InDesign, or perhaps that I shouldn't be printing directly from my InDesign file. But there is an inconsistency here - only images shot on my digital camera seem to have this issue in InDesign. If I print images shot on film and scanned, they never have jagged areas and look great when printed from In Design. The resolution of the files placed into my InDesign file is the same for both types of image - 360ppi. And all of the original files are larger than required for my layout, and appear perfectly sharp / at the expected sharpness/resolution in general - it isn't general pixellation in the image. 

 

Any ideas? 

Thanks!

Thom

 

 

 

 

 

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    Correct answer rob day

    The resolution of the files placed into my InDesign file is the same for both types of image - 360ppi.

     

    Are you scaling up the images in the layout? As Derek suggests that would change the output resolution (the Effective Resolution listed in Link Info).

     

    Also, if you are printing out of InDesign make sure Print>Graphics>Send Data is set to All.

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    rob day
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    rob dayCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    December 2, 2019

    The resolution of the files placed into my InDesign file is the same for both types of image - 360ppi.

     

    Are you scaling up the images in the layout? As Derek suggests that would change the output resolution (the Effective Resolution listed in Link Info).

     

    Also, if you are printing out of InDesign make sure Print>Graphics>Send Data is set to All.

    thomatkinson
    thomatkinsonAuthor
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    December 3, 2019

    Thank you both! The problem is solved by changing my print settings to Print>Graphics>Send Data "All". I had it set to "Optimised Subsampling" previously.

     

    Just in case it helps to calrify for anyone else in the future, my images are not being scaled up and, checking the Link Info, all images have an Effective Resolution of around 500-600ppi. 

     

    Also worth mentioing that I could print from PDF but I'd prefer to print direct from In Design as it's easier when updating just a couple of pages in my folio every once in a while. 

     

    Thanks again - really appreicate your help!

     

    Derek Cross
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    Derek CrossCommunity Expert
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    December 2, 2019

    Check the Effective resolution of your images in InDesign is above say 250PPI.

    It's recommended to print from a PDF created from your InDesign document, PDF/X-4.

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