Help...Pixels in prints

I purchased an Epson Photo 750 printer because of its ability to generate photographic quality prints and the longevity of inks that are available. So far, I have been disappointed in the results. In shadows and darker areas of a 4x5 print from the Epson printer, it appears that you can see the pixels. Pixels are not noticeable in highlights and midtones. Does anyone have any idea as to how I might be able to fix this problem? Maximum size that I would like to print would be 5x7. I also have a Hewlett Packard 970Cxi printer and I was real surprised that this printer produced MUCH BETTER prints of the same image file than the Epson. I hesitate to use this HP printer because I am not aware of any ink for HP that makes any claim to longevity. Image files were created in Tiff format at High Resolution with a Kodak DC290 (my first digital camera) that I purchased less than a week ago.

A few questions before I can try to help:

1 What program are you using to print and is it the same for both printers?

2 What is the resolution of the file you are printing?

3 What are your settings in the Epson print driver?

4. What paper are you using?

John

A. Mclamb said:

I purchased an Epson Photo 750 printer because of its ability to generate
photographic quality prints and the longevity of inks that are available.
So far, I have been disappointed in the results. In shadows and darker
areas of a 4x5 print from the Epson printer, it appears that you can see
the pixels. Pixels are not noticeable in highlights and midtones. Does
anyone have any idea as to how I might be able to fix this problem?
Maximum size that I would like to print would be 5x7. I also have a
Hewlett Packard 970Cxi printer and I was real surprised that this printer
produced MUCH BETTER prints of the same image file than the Epson. I
hesitate to use this HP printer because I am not aware of any ink for HP
that makes any claim to longevity. Image files were created in Tiff
format at High Resolution with a Kodak DC290 (my first digital camera)
that I purchased less than a week ago.

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I am new to digital and I will try to answer questions the best I can...Thanks for any help you can give me! I still do not understand the relationship between resolution, dpi and print sizes.

1- Photoshop... and it is the same for both printers

2- from the image size window it is 2400x3000, resolution 600

3- Epson Print Driver?...the following came from the print set up window...print quality 1440 dpi, on photo paper, color management = PhotoEnhance3, digital camera correction

4- I have tried Epson glossy and matte photo paper

A. McLamb

John Burns said:

1 What program are you using to print and is it the same for both printers?

2 What is the resolution of the file you are printing?

3 What are your settings in the Epson print driver?

4. What paper are you using?

John

A. Mclamb said:

I purchased an Epson Photo 750 printer because of its ability to generate
photographic quality prints and the longevity of inks that are available.
So far, I have been disappointed in the results. In shadows and darker
areas of a 4x5 print from the Epson printer, it appears that you can see
the pixels. Pixels are not noticeable in highlights and midtones. Does
anyone have any idea as to how I might be able to fix this problem?
Maximum size that I would like to print would be 5x7. I also have a
Hewlett Packard 970Cxi printer and I was real surprised that this printer
produced MUCH BETTER prints of the same image file than the Epson. I
hesitate to use this HP printer because I am not aware of any ink for HP
that makes any claim to longevity. Image files were created in Tiff
format at High Resolution with a Kodak DC290 (my first digital camera)
that I purchased less than a week ago.

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Hi

I think your problem might be in you setting the PhotoEnhance3, digital camera correction. I would not have that setting on.

Since you corrected your image in Photoshop, it not neccessary to have that option on. So I think that having that option is messing with the image. Another thing to, the resolution is to high. Having it that high doesn't really make it look any better, you shouldn't go any higher than 300 dp on a desktop printer, because on most desktop printesr has a resolution of around 200 or 300 dpi. So, more than 300 dpi is a waste because the printer doesn'thave the ability to printer higher than that. Test it out for yourself and see if you see any difference in a 300 and 600 dpi image. It just take up extra space, more is not always beter. Take it down to 300, 200 or even 150 and it still should still look pretty clean without pixelation, but if you are going to a printshop I would keep it at 300. I am not an expert on this, I am still learning. But this is what I understand.

I hope this helps

Cal

A. Mclamb said:

1- Photoshop... and it is the same for both printers

2- from the image size window it is 2400x3000, resolution 600

3- Epson Print Driver?...the following came from the print set up
window...print quality 1440 dpi, on photo paper, color management =
PhotoEnhance3, digital camera correction

4- I have tried Epson glossy and matte photo paper

A. McLamb

John Burns said:

1 What program are you using to print and is it the same for both printers?

2 What is the resolution of the file you are printing?

3 What are your settings in the Epson print driver?

4. What paper are you using?

John

A. Mclamb said:

I purchased an Epson Photo 750 printer because of its ability to generate
photographic quality prints and the longevity of inks that are available.
So far, I have been disappointed in the results. In shadows and darker
areas of a 4x5 print from the Epson printer, it appears that you can see
the pixels. Pixels are not noticeable in highlights and midtones. Does
anyone have any idea as to how I might be able to fix this problem?
Maximum size that I would like to print would be 5x7. I also have a
Hewlett Packard 970Cxi printer and I was real surprised that this printer
produced MUCH BETTER prints of the same image file than the Epson. I
hesitate to use this HP printer because I am not aware of any ink for HP
that makes any claim to longevity. Image files were created in Tiff
format at High Resolution with a Kodak DC290 (my first digital camera)
that I purchased less than a week ago.

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