Basic Question.

SB
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Simon_Baxter
May 29, 2004
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Not an expert on PS so please bare with me.. I have created a logo for someone using text on a few layers, made it the size I desire yet when I print it off it looks really crap quality (the printer settings are fine).
Should I do something with all the layers to finalise it or alter some settings in order to get a decent print out?
Would appreciate any help.
Thanks,
Simon.

PS. Using version 7.

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Jim_Hess
May 29, 2004
What do you mean? Are the colors off? Is the text blurry? The first thing I would ask is, have you calibrated your monitor?
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BobLevine
May 29, 2004
What version of PS? What printer? What’s the resolution? And finally, why are you using Photoshop for a logo instead of Illustrator or Corel Draw?

Bob
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BobLevine
May 29, 2004
Sorry, missed the PS, but the rest of my questions stand.

Bob
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Simon_Baxter
May 29, 2004
Thanks for the reply. My printer is a HP PSC 1210 but even normal black text has pixelated edges when I print from photoshop. Does it need to be done on AI this sort of thing or is their something I can do to this image to make it printable?
Thanks,
Simon
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BobLevine
May 29, 2004
What is the resolution of the image?

Bob
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Mac_McDougald
May 29, 2004
What is ppi of your final image?

I you leave text as text layer and send to PostScript printer, it prints sharp at any resolution, but otherwise is pixel based and dependent on image ppi for quality.

The only workaround in this case I know of from Photoshop save as PDF file, with vector data included and print from Acrobat or Acrobat Reader, in which case text will be sharp at any ppi the original file was.

Or as you mention, add text in Illy and print from that.

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