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Achieving a good print from an image depends on a variety of things
such as the type of printer and paper being used, the quality of the digital image, and the calibration of the monitor.
For most desktop ink-jet printers, you want to leave the image file in RGB Color mode
and allow the printer’s driver to perform the conversion to CMYK.
Before printing, users should also flatten all layers
in order to decrease the file size so it’s easy for the printer to process the image.
And lastly, you want to apply the Unsharp Mask filter to adjust the contrast of the edge detail
and create an illusion of a more focused image.
Continuing on from the last module, we'll be using the same data file.
Before we begin I'm going to undock the layers panel so that you can see how to flatten an image
In order to flatten an image, click on the Layer panel's fly out menu
Then select Flatten Image
Let’s redock Layer’s panel
and resave the image
Once you flatten an image all your layers are gone and can no longer be edited so let’s resave it as a completely new file
To do that, click on the File menu and select Save as
Let’s rename the new file “landscape_print” and we’ll keep the same file format
When you’re finished click on the Save button
Then in the .TIFF Option’s dialogue box make sure that none is selected and click on the OK button
Now to apply the Unsharp Mask filter:
Click on the Filter menu, point to Sharpen, and select Unsharp Mask.
In the Unsharp Mask dialogue box, you will notice three sliders.
The Amount slider determines how much to increase the contrast of pixels.
The Radius slider determines the number of pixels surrounding the edge pixels that affect the sharpening.
The Threshold slider determines how different a pixel must be from the surrounding area before
it is considered an edge pixel and sharpened by the filter.
Let's first adjust the Amount slider.
to around one hundred and fifty.
Then slide the Radius slider to around three point zero.
Lastly, let's set the Threshold slider to one.
When finished, click on the OK button.
Now let's print.
Select the File menu, and select Print.
When the Print dialogue box appears, click on the Page Setup button.
Here you can change the page size, we're going to set the width to eleven, and the height to fourteen.
You can also change your page's Orientation setting
by clicking on Portrait or Landscape.
When finished, click on the OK button.
As you can see, the image is too large for the print size.
So under the Scaled Print Size section, check the 'Scaled to Fit Media' check box.
To increase your image even more, uncheck the 'Scaled to Fit Media' check box.
Then in the Scale text box, type in fifty percent.
Or if you want it even smaller, you can type in twenty-five percent.
Right now, the image is centered.
But if you want to move the image around,
go to the Positions section and uncheck the 'Center Image' check box.
Then select your image,
Then drag it to a different area on the page.
You can also change the page orientation,
by clicking on the Portrait or Landscape icon next to the Page Setup button.
And again, you can reposition the image by unchecking 'Center Image'
and repositioning to anywhere on the paper.
Another way to resize your image is to click on any of the corners,
then drag it outward to increase and inward in order to decrease.
I'm going to drag my Print dialogue box upward to show you the next step.
If you are satisfied with all your settings, you can go ahead and click on the Print button.
But if you just want to save your settings and print later, then you can click on the Done button.
And to just cancel everything, you can click on the Cancel button.