From: "Carrie Lyons"
Organization: Kook Terminators, Inc
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 23:13:40 -0600
Subject: How do you make small pixel photos better on printout?

Mark Herring wrote:
On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 03:31:58 GMT, wrote:

I got a bunch of photos that are only 560x700 or so and when I print
them on 8 x 11 the features are not very fine. How can I improve on
it?

Can't add information that is not there. Your file size equates to
~70-80 PPI for 8X10. Good prints need more like 200-300.

you CAN use the un-sharp mask in Photoshop---or some other sharpening
SW to make them look a bit sharper. Also, make sure the contrast is
as high as possible without losing highlight or shadow detail.

I've got an unusual suggestion.

Print out the picture at its natural size on photo paper.

Using good lighting, take a hi-res picture of the picture.
A 3.4 megapixel or greater camera, possibly using a closeup lens.

Print that out at a larger size, a size that still seems to
have all the detail. Repeat until you get the size you want.

I'm not sure why this works, but it does.

It's critical to take good pictures each time.

Hahahahahahaha, this is the funniest thing ever...

so u propose to introduce the distortion of the printer, of the lens, CCD
chip, jpg compression to IMPROVE the original??? lol lol

maybe u should try upsampling the original image in Photoshop first?

hehe, can't stop laughing.. lol

Brian