Photoshop Tutorials Printing on Paper
A user creates or edits the image in
Photoshop either to get it printed on paper or to use it on the web
and in other programs. Today we discuss printing the Photoshop work
on paper. One can print an image from any kind of printer. The
printers also have clarity in the form of dots per inch popularly
known as dpi. It refers to how many dots per inch the printer can
print. The higher the dots per inch printed, the clearer the image
prints on the paper. It is also true that the higher the dots per
inch, the printer will be more expensive.
The most common types of printers used to print Photoshop Images
are:-
1) DeskJet Printers These printers print on paper by spraying jets
of ink on the paper. The ink is water based or solid which melts
just before printing on paper.
2) Dye Sublimation printers These types of printers are more
expensive then DeskJet printers but the quality of inks is better
than that of DeskJet printers. These printers contain a continuous
ribbon of color panels in a roll, which is the same width as that of
the ink and also a panel is used only once. The print heads tiny
heating elements can melt dots of dye over a range of 256 values to
generate 16.8 million colors.
3) Thermal Wax Printers These printers use blocks of wax that are
melted and sprayed directly on the paper.
Hence we see that Photoshop images can be printed using the above
printers. Laser printers are widely used in large organizations as
they print with good quality and also print the images faster than
other images. Any type of Photoshop image can be printed on paper.
It is essential to go to page setup option and enter details
regarding the width and the height of the paper used in the printer.
One can also mention the orientation of
the page whether it will be portrait or landscape. In the print
dialog box one can enter options like the number of pages to be
printed, the scale at which the image should be printed and also
whether the printing should be done in economy mode, best mode or
normal mode. There are a lot of other options also, but they depend
on which type and model of printer is used.