Re: printing graphics

Thank you very much for your help.  I appreciate all the responses I
received.

Regards,

Carol Parent
parent(at)djam.com
cbwd(at)means.net
http://www.ist.net/cbwd/
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-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Carson <uncle-joe(at)worldnet.att.net>
To: hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org <hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org>
Cc: parent(at)djam.com <parent(at)djam.com>
Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 12:36 AM
Subject: Re: printing graphics


>On Wed, 16 Sep 1998 20:29:59 -0500, you wrote:
>
>>I worked on a  texted logo.  I saved as gif.  Guess what?  It looks awful
in
>>print.  Edges are ragged.
>
>I've seen your postings for a while, so you've been around long enough
>to know about anti-aliasing? Let's assume that isn't the problem then.
>For print, you should work with inches rather than pixels. You'll need
>to start over and create the logo according to how big you want it to
>be on the printed page in inches (at least the equivilant if you want
>to work with pixels). Also, it is best to create a print graphic at
>300 dpi rather than the web standard of 72 dpi. Then, when you save
>it, you need to save it as an uncrompressed image, such as bmp or tif.
>You'll get the clarity you need for print then. Feel free to write if
>you need more details.
>
>Joe
>

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