Print the photo the size it is, not bigger, not smaller!!

[rogvalcox]

Hello-

I have an HP 1210psc All-in-on, and in the photo and imaging gallery I chose the picture I wanted and resized it to 10.75in x 7.2in and saved it, then when I printed it it comes out smaller than what I sized it to. I'm assuming it's something with the border configuration but I can't seem to set the borders to where it will allow a print that size. I understand that you can't print somehting 12x14 onto 8.5x11 paper, but if the paper is big enough then I would think you should be able to print up to the size of the paper, with the exception of a teeny tiny border so the ink doesn't run off. Even if I do a direct copy, It comes out alot closer, but it still isn't the exact size.

If it is the border issue...is it because of the software or because of the engineering of the printer itself?

Thank You
Roger

 

[kiddpete]

It probably doesn't have anything to do with the printer. It sounds like at least two pieces of software are involved. One to resize and save it. Something else to print it. It sounds like the printer software is using a higher dpi than the resize software. Thus, the image prints smaller. When you resize, you need to maintain the dpi that the printing software is using.

 

[rogvalcox]

Ok....that makes sense...I never thought of it that way. Are you fimiliar with how to straighten that out, in the software I have? When I resize A photo larger than the original, I usually up the dpi before I ok it to regenerate, so there is a better resolution when it is bigger. However there is nothing on the print interface or the preview etc that indicates what size or dpi it is going to print at, let alone an option to change it!! Provided I do figure that problem out, I'm assuming that you want the print setup to handle the same dpi as the newly edited photo, right, or wrong?

Thank You
Roger

 

[kiddpete]

Yes, they should both work with the same dpi. If you don't know the printer's dpi, look at number of pixels in the image in the resizing software. How many pixels wide, and how many in the height. Print the picture, and measure the size of the printed image. Divide the pixels by the number of inches to get dpi.

Let's say an image is 3,000 pixels wide, and the print is measured at 10 inches wide. The printer's dpi is 300.

 

[kurtraymone]

I recently noticed the exact same boarder problem with my hp officejet d135 all-in-one printer. A direct copy from my glass or auto feed renders a copy (I used 8.5x11 sheet landscape mode in this example) that is exactly the same heigth but 5/16 inch shorter in width. This truncation may not seem like much of a difference but in my application it is. It definately seems to be a fixed boarder problem. I still have what I consider to be ample right and left white boarder combined of just over 1/2 inch. No matter how I fiddle with placement on the glass, my max copy width is just shy of 10 1/2 inches which truncates my image.

I have tried reducing and enlarging the copy using the printers adjustable setting to no avail. This printer has margin shift adjustments which merely shift the boarders and truncate my image to one side or the other. I also made sure that the printer setting were reset to default factory settings. Bottom line, is there any way to decrease the boarders? I don't find any mention in the manual or the help files.

 

[kiddpete]

I think all flatbed scanners have a fixed length and width that can be scanned. That is, of course, dictated by the scanning mechanism which has a definite length on the scanning head, and a definite length of travel which the head can traverse.

If your scanner can go 10 1/2 inches wide, that sounds pretty generous to me. My Microtek will only do 8.5 inches wide although its scanning length is 11.5 inches.