Printing from Photoshop

Question

Want to print a standard letter from PS without losing quality. Should I use the standard letter size in PS with DPI set to 300 or would it be better to use a canvas that is 4x bigger and scale the image down when saving and before printing? Not sure the best course of action and what will yield the best results. Thank you for your help.

davescm · Accepted Answer

Just make it letter size and 300dpi and you will be fine for an inkjet output.If you are sending to a commercial printer - ask the printer what resolution they needDave

davescm · Answer

HiIf it is a photograph, prepare your image at whatever size your image is without scaling and save it as a PSD master complete with layers etc. Then scale once to the final required letter size - sharpen as required and print. If you want to reprint later save a copy of the scaled and sharpened print copy with title clearly labelled. If you need to print at another size - go back to the master and resize and resharpen from there.If it is all graphics (think shapes) then use vector shapes and you can rescale to your hearts content.Dave

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