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printing photos on paper etc

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printing photos on paper etc odimegwu david 20 Jul 12:52
  printing photos on paper etc Liam R E Quin 20 Jul 13:11
odimegwu david
2012-07-20 12:52:47 UTC (over 12 years ago)

printing photos on paper etc

I usually process or edit my images for the internet using 72 dpi and using dimensions that fits my liking. I want to process some photos for printing (i.e the paper used for printing family and social photos; I believe you understand what I mean?). please, what dpi or ppi do I use on gimp? Btw, what do photographers call such a paper? I sure hope I am not ambiguous. Links and references for beginners to photo printing will be well appreciated.

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Liam R E Quin
2012-07-20 13:11:27 UTC (over 12 years ago)

printing photos on paper etc

On Fri, 2012-07-20 at 05:52 -0700, odimegwu david wrote:

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I want to process some photos for printing (i.e the paper used for printing family and social photos; I believe you understand what I mean?). please, what dpi or ppi do I use on gimp? Btw, what do photographers call such a paper?

The paper is "photo paper" usually, for an inkjet.

If you are doing only small changes to pictures, experiment with printing at 144 and 288ppi, and also 150 and 300.

If there's text in the pictures you may want to try 600ppi.

It will depend on your printer. Usually, each pixel in the image will turn into a square of tiny dots on the paper, so the image resolution is much lower than the dots-per-inch of the printer. The best result for contrast and colour will probably be 1/16th of your printer's highest dpi resolution.

Liam