Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
I don't print from Lightroom, but it has some algorithms derived from the folk at Pixel Genius which includes master printer and well published guru Jeff Schewe.
The advice is to up res goat least the next highest size of the "natural" resolution of the print head. For Epson it's 360 and Canon it's 300. So if one is below that number, up res to that number. If one is above, go at least to the next multiple, i.e., 720 for Epson and 600 for Canon. Still, it's recommended to use 1200 or even 2400 to get the finest detail out of the file and this is especially valuable in gloss paper where it can show.
I saw Jeff Schewe's examples of printing at either 360 or 300 on the Epson and Canon respectively or their highest resolutions. There was a much cleaner appearance of detail especially in diagonals.
But now I have discovered Nik Sharpening and getting to wonder how best to take advantage of the newest tools for preparing a picture for printing.
Asher
The advice is to up res goat least the next highest size of the "natural" resolution of the print head. For Epson it's 360 and Canon it's 300. So if one is below that number, up res to that number. If one is above, go at least to the next multiple, i.e., 720 for Epson and 600 for Canon. Still, it's recommended to use 1200 or even 2400 to get the finest detail out of the file and this is especially valuable in gloss paper where it can show.
I saw Jeff Schewe's examples of printing at either 360 or 300 on the Epson and Canon respectively or their highest resolutions. There was a much cleaner appearance of detail especially in diagonals.
But now I have discovered Nik Sharpening and getting to wonder how best to take advantage of the newest tools for preparing a picture for printing.
Asher