Printing

[Mojtaba]

Hi,
I am working with some of my photos and make them ready for printing.
I have scanned them with a Minolta Scan Dual III, edited them in PS
on a PC with Windows XP. My printer is Epson Stylus photo 2100 (I
think 2200 in North America). What I wonder is: Is there a difference
between the different format options when it concerns printing? I know
JPG and GIF are best for viewing on computer screen but is there any
especial format preferred for printing photos?

Thanks,

Mojtaba

 

[Wayne Fulton]

Hi,
I am working with some of my photos and make them ready for printing.
I have scanned them with a Minolta Scan Dual III, edited them in PS
on a PC with Windows XP. My printer is Epson Stylus photo 2100 (I
think 2200 in North America). What I wonder is: Is there a difference
between the different format options when it concerns printing? I know
JPG and GIF are best for viewing on computer screen but is there any
especial format preferred for printing photos?

Not really, one would choose file type on other criteria, mainly image
quality or file size. Web browsers can show JPG and GIF and cannot show
TIF, so use is also a factor, but any format can be printed. One should
of course only use a photo editor to print photos, and never consider
using a web browser to print standalone images.... wrong tool.

GIF is not suitable for photos, because GIF is limited to only 256
colors, but it might be suitable for graphics.

JPG files are for when small file size is more important than maxiumum
image quality (web use, email use, etc), however the highest JPG Quality
settings can often be acceptable (except JPG is generally poorly
suitable for graphics).

TIF files are full size files (TIF files are about as large as the data
size actually is), but there is no quality issue with TIF for any use.
Web browsers cannot show TIF.