marcw said:Hi,
I compose a page in QuarkXpress Passport 4.02 (MAC OS 9), with pictures coming out of a 6 MP camera. They have sufficient resolution and normally print fine on glossy paper on my Epson photo printer.
Sometimes though, for a reason I do not know, they do not print fine. The image composition printed looks to have small artefacts every mm or so. The result is a poor looking print.
I do not know why. These are the same type of images, taken in the same resolution (more than enough resolution, moreover because they are reduced in QuarkXpress to fit, while retaining their original number of pixels).
I had a similar problem, when rotating images in QuarkXpress (you know, making landscape into portrait). When I print them without rotating, they are fine. When I print them after rotating, they have an obvious loss of quality.
I resolved this by upfront rotating them in Photoshop. I cannot understand why this should be necessary, but it is.
The first described problem, I do not know where it comes from. It drives me nuts.
Can anybody help?
Thanks,
Marc
QuarkXpress 4.02 MAC resolution problem
Hi,
I compose a page in QuarkXpress Passport 4.02 (MAC OS 9), with pictures coming out of a 6 MP camera. They have sufficient resolution and normally print fine on glossy paper on my Epson photo printer.
Sometimes though, for a reason I do not know, they do not print fine. The image composition printed looks to have small artefacts every mm or so. The result is a poor looking print.
I do not know why. These are the same type of images, taken in the same resolution (more than enough resolution, moreover because they are reduced in QuarkXpress to fit, while retaining their original number of pixels).
I had a similar problem, when rotating images in QuarkXpress (you know, making landscape into portrait). When I print them without rotating, they are fine. When I print them after rotating, they have an obvious loss of quality.
I resolved this by upfront rotating them in Photoshop. I cannot understand why this should be necessary, but it is.
The first described problem, I do not know where it comes from. It drives me nuts.
Can anybody help?
Thanks,
Marc
I compose a page in QuarkXpress Passport 4.02 (MAC OS 9), with pictures coming out of a 6 MP camera. They have sufficient resolution and normally print fine on glossy paper on my Epson photo printer.
Sometimes though, for a reason I do not know, they do not print fine. The image composition printed looks to have small artefacts every mm or so. The result is a poor looking print.
I do not know why. These are the same type of images, taken in the same resolution (more than enough resolution, moreover because they are reduced in QuarkXpress to fit, while retaining their original number of pixels).
I had a similar problem, when rotating images in QuarkXpress (you know, making landscape into portrait). When I print them without rotating, they are fine. When I print them after rotating, they have an obvious loss of quality.
I resolved this by upfront rotating them in Photoshop. I cannot understand why this should be necessary, but it is.
The first described problem, I do not know where it comes from. It drives me nuts.
Can anybody help?
Thanks,
Marc
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Thanks for the suggestions. :up:
The image format I use is JPEG. It has been unaltered since it was created, so the quality loss cannot come from there. You normally only get a loss after several repetitive savings.
I do not use the eps format.
Interesting suggestion on the Quark downsizing. I find it surprising though that a program like QuarkXpress would change the quality of the image/print, just because you use one of it's funcionalities: make the image smaller or rotate it.
Still you know, why does it do it with some and not with the others?
The image format I use is JPEG. It has been unaltered since it was created, so the quality loss cannot come from there. You normally only get a loss after several repetitive savings.
I do not use the eps format.
Interesting suggestion on the Quark downsizing. I find it surprising though that a program like QuarkXpress would change the quality of the image/print, just because you use one of it's funcionalities: make the image smaller or rotate it.
Still you know, why does it do it with some and not with the others?
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