printing question

I have painter essentials 3, and love the handmade paper effect when I paint 
over my flower photos.  However, when I print the images on my HP photosmart 
printer, the effect doesn't show up at all.  Also, much of the detailed 
color gradations get lost.  This printer generally does an excellent job - 
any suggestions as to how to bring out the detail or why it would get lost 
in the translation from monitor to printer? 

Might be your initial image size. Try to work for print at 300 pixels per 
inch with the inch size close to what your final print size will be. 
Painter will resize the image to fit the print medium (Size to fit) and if 
you don't have enough pixels in the original image, the print process  will 
blur out any subtle detail.

Tom

"carol sc" <crwade@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> I have painter essentials 3, and love the handmade paper effect when I 
> paint over my flower photos.  However, when I print the images on my HP 
> photosmart printer, the effect doesn't show up at all.  Also, much of the 
> detailed color gradations get lost.  This printer generally does an 
> excellent job - any suggestions as to how to bring out the detail or why 
> it would get lost in the translation from monitor to printer?
>
> 

Well, I've been printing 4x6 images, so I'm sure I have enough pixels!! My
original photos were shot at a size adequate to produce a good photo-quality
8x12, so unless essentials does something weird with the resolution of the
original photo, wouldn't there be adequate resolution?  thanks for your
response!!

Also, when I post a question to this group, my post doesn't show up for
several days - is this usual?  For example, my original post was on the 8th,
and today (the 12th) is the first time I've seen it - Tom, you responded on
the 11th, so I guess that's when it showed up.

carol


"Tom Tilney" <thomas.tilney@gte.net> wrote in message 
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> Might be your initial image size. Try to work for print at 300 pixels per 
> inch with the inch size close to what your final print size will be. 
> Painter will resize the image to fit the print medium (Size to fit) and if

> you don't have enough pixels in the original image, the print process 
> will blur out any subtle detail.
>
> Tom
>
> "carol sc" <crwade@mindspring.com> wrote in message 
> news:4552534e_2@cnews...
>>
>> I have painter essentials 3, and love the handmade paper effect when I

>> paint over my flower photos.  However, when I print the images on my HP

>> photosmart printer, the effect doesn't show up at all.  Also, much of
the 
>> detailed color gradations get lost.  This printer generally does an 
>> excellent job - any suggestions as to how to bring out the detail or
why 
>> it would get lost in the translation from monitor to printer?
>>
>>
>
>
> 

Well, that figures - this is the first time I've seen my post show up the 
same night!!!  Carol

"carol sc" <crwade@mindspring.com> wrote in message 
news:4557cd9d$1_3@cnews...
>
> Well, I've been printing 4x6 images, so I'm sure I have enough pixels!! My
> original photos were shot at a size adequate to produce a good 
> photo-quality
> 8x12, so unless essentials does something weird with the resolution of the
> original photo, wouldn't there be adequate resolution?  thanks for your
> response!!
>
> Also, when I post a question to this group, my post doesn't show up for
> several days - is this usual?  For example, my original post was on the 
> 8th,
> and today (the 12th) is the first time I've seen it - Tom, you responded 
> on
> the 11th, so I guess that's when it showed up.
>
> carol
>
>
> "Tom Tilney" <thomas.tilney@gte.net> wrote in message 
> news:4555daf3_3@cnews...
>>
>> Might be your initial image size. Try to work for print at 300 pixels
per 
>> inch with the inch size close to what your final print size will be. 
>> Painter will resize the image to fit the print medium (Size to fit) and

>> if you don't have enough pixels in the original image, the print
process 
>> will blur out any subtle detail.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> "carol sc" <crwade@mindspring.com> wrote in message 
>> news:4552534e_2@cnews...
>>>
>>> I have painter essentials 3, and love the handmade paper effect
when I 
>>> paint over my flower photos.  However, when I print the images on
my HP 
>>> photosmart printer, the effect doesn't show up at all.  Also, much
of 
>>> the detailed color gradations get lost.  This printer generally
does an 
>>> excellent job - any suggestions as to how to bring out the detail
or why 
>>> it would get lost in the translation from monitor to printer?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> 

Hi Carol,
To answer the second question first, I saw your post on the 11th because 
that's the first time I logged into the newsgroup.  Usually, posts are up 
immediately in my experience.  You can check this yourself by hitting
"F5" 
on your keyboard to refresh your newsgroup reader.  In my case, it's Outlook 
Express in a Windows XP Home OS.

To answer your first question, Re: Resolution, you can have a 4 by 5 image 
represented as 72 pixels per inch which will look fine on a monitor but will 
not print worth a darn.  I'm not an expert with Painter essentials, I'm 
using Painter IX.5, but I would be very surprised if you could not resize 
the image to 300 ppi, and make sure your printer is set to it's "Best"
mode 
using glossy paper.

Hope this helps, all the best,

Tom

"carol sc" <crwade@mindspring.com> wrote in message 
news:4557cd9d$1_3@cnews...
>
> Well, I've been printing 4x6 images, so I'm sure I have enough pixels!! My
> original photos were shot at a size adequate to produce a good 
> photo-quality
> 8x12, so unless essentials does something weird with the resolution of the
> original photo, wouldn't there be adequate resolution?  thanks for your
> response!!
>
> Also, when I post a question to this group, my post doesn't show up for
> several days - is this usual?  For example, my original post was on the 
> 8th,
> and today (the 12th) is the first time I've seen it - Tom, you responded 
> on
> the 11th, so I guess that's when it showed up.
>
> carol
>
>
> "Tom Tilney" <thomas.tilney@gte.net> wrote in message 
> news:4555daf3_3@cnews...
>>
>> Might be your initial image size. Try to work for print at 300 pixels
per 
>> inch with the inch size close to what your final print size will be. 
>> Painter will resize the image to fit the print medium (Size to fit) and

>> if you don't have enough pixels in the original image, the print
process 
>> will blur out any subtle detail.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> "carol sc" <crwade@mindspring.com> wrote in message 
>> news:4552534e_2@cnews...
>>>
>>> I have painter essentials 3, and love the handmade paper effect
when I 
>>> paint over my flower photos.  However, when I print the images on
my HP 
>>> photosmart printer, the effect doesn't show up at all.  Also, much
of 
>>> the detailed color gradations get lost.  This printer generally
does an 
>>> excellent job - any suggestions as to how to bring out the detail
or why 
>>> it would get lost in the translation from monitor to printer?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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