1 Reply Latest reply: Dec 7, 2009 12:49 PM by Pete Marshall RSS

    Lightroom 2.5 Image Size When Printing

    MikeV99 Community Member

      I have searched and tried several approaches, but cannot get LR to adjust an image size correctly when printing.

       

      For example, I have a Lab Test Page tif image that has a document size of 23" W x 29" H and a resolution of 180 ppi.

       

      I can use CSR 4 Image/Image Size to change this to 8" W x 10.5" H and a resolution of 320 ppi using resampling. The reduced image prints correctly in CSR 4 on 8.5" x 11" paper and results in .25" margins top and bottom. The same thing happens in LR 2.5 with the size reduced image.

       

      However, if I try to print the original image using LR 2.5 to automatically resize the image it does not work correctly. I have tried all sorts of combinations of settings to get it to reduce the image (as is done in CSR 4) and print with .25" top/bottom margins without success. The image fails to resize correctly.

       

      Is this a bug, a feature??, or operator error? Can anyone tell how to make LR 2.5 automatically resize so it prints correctly? I have tested this on other computers with the same results.

       

      Thanks

       

       

        • 1. Re: Lightroom 2.5 Image Size When Printing
          Pete Marshall Community Member

          Go to print module.

           

          Select Print to jpg.

          Set the resolution at 180 ppi.

          Other output settings, sharpening, paper profile as required.

          Set the margin sizes as required.

          Set the cell size to the size of the image

          Set the Custom File Dimensions to the size of the paper...29" x 23" in this case.

          You can drag the Cell size and the various borders around until you get exactly the lay out on paper you require. Then when finished hit print to file, name the file and the job is done.

          If you want to print a a different size, with a different resolution, on different sized paper, with different borders all this can be done in the print module and it is WYSIWYG so no guess work (or calculations) involved. Using LR rather than PS for this also has the advantage of using much better algorithms for upsizing images than PS and applying output sharpening for the specific media type you intend to print to, all using the RAW data