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geoffrey edwards
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September 30, 2017
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CS3 Page Setup need A1 not in Paper size list User Defined?

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Hi  I am selecting photos for printing and I am using Print Size to check how large I may have the photos printed.  What I do is I open a photo file and then select Page Setup. For example A2. I can then go to View - Print Size and my display will show the rulers in centimeters correctly. But when I tried to select A1 that size is not available in the list under Page Setup. I have tried selecting User Defined but there is nowhere to add the dimensions and no popup to allow dimensions to be added.

I use an Epson R2400 (to print up to A3) and that does not offer an opportunity to enter the dimensions for User Defined under Page Layout.

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JJMack
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JJMackCommunity Expert
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September 30, 2017

OK you Open an image file and it opened some size in Photoshop. What size did it open. You use page setup and selected A2 did you choose that size because it the size paper you have in the printer or because it the size the image in Photoshop is?  What page setup size you you choose for my image

In My CS3 I do not se an A2 option or an A1 I do see an envelope A2 Have no idea where CS3 has this list may be built in Photoshop.

Printer settings are print driver settings. ]

In CS3 it look like you must first set the printer or CS3 will default to your system default printer.   When I used Print in photoshop and selected epson 4800 the page setup changed it tune.

JJMack
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geoffrey edwardsAuthor
Inspiring
October 1, 2017

Hi JJMack  What I am doing is using Photoshop to see what my photo looks like if I were to print to A2 or A1 and larger. If I select Image and   Image Size and I alter the Document size Resolution to 99 pixels/inch the rulers will be correctly displaying centimeters.  I had set the Page Layout to A2. So selecting View - Print size I can decide whether my photo will look good in this instance printed on A2 paper. This would have to be done by a commercial print company aas my printer is A3.  What I am unable to do is select A1 or A0 as it is not an option in my Photoshop Page Setup Size list.  What I could do is select User Defined but as I am enquiring there is no place to enter what User Defined sizes I want to enter.

JJMack
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JJMackCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 1, 2017

IMO you are a bit confused.  View Print Size will only display your image print size if you set your Photoshop Preferences Display resolution correctly to the display's DPI resolution you viewing Photoshop image on.   If set correctly the image displayed will be the same size as the print.  Photoshop will scale the image to display the imager the size it will print.  The image you are viewing is a scaled image not your actual image.  You see the print size image of your image.   I would not say that view would be a good way to judge how well the image will print.   

How well an image prints has do do more with the Print resolution and the quality of the Pixels being printed.  

IMO for a good print you need a sufficient number of high quality pixels that when you print the image the size you want you will be printing with a print resolution above 200DPI.   If the image's print size is BIG large and will be view from a distance you may be able to print at a resolution lower like 100DPI. If the Image print size is very small you may need to print at a higher resolution.    It has to do with the human eye.  At a distance the human eye can not resolve down to a very high resolution  so you do not need  a Large print that will be view from some distance to have a 300DPI resolution.  On the other side of the coin if the print size is a small wallet size print  you need a higher resolution to be able print the small details the eye will be able to see close up.   The thing is it not just the number of pixels it is also the quality of the pixels.   If you have a 100MP Camera and take a picture you 100,000,000 pixels if the the camera's lens was not focused well you have 100,000,000 poor quality pixels.

JJMack
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