Poor quality of photos inserted as files

[WhiskyTangoFoxtrot]

Version: v.X Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: Intel I have had an ongoing problem with random poor quality of photos inserted into Word documents as files. The photos appear normal in the document on the display, but half of the time when they are printed, they look like they have a resolution of 50 dpi. This problem has occurred using several different printers, both laser and ink jet. The problem does not appear consistently. I have tried to massage the photos with Photoshop Elements but that has no effect. I end up having to print the photo pages in the documents from a PC running XP, and they always print fine. Any ideas?

 

[John McGhie]

This is a pain.

In Photoshop (or iPhoto, or whatever...) first crop the picture to show only
what you want to see, then re-sample it to the size you want it to print,
and to 300 dpi.

For normal printing, you will find you can get away with 150 dpi, and the
picture will be a quarter the size if you do.

If it's a photo, save it as JPG, if it's a drawing save it as .PNG. The JPG
removes detail to preserve colour, the PNG preserves detail at the expense
of colour.

Now use Insert>Picture>From file to put the prepared picture into Word.

It will print fine, every time. Pasting pictures into Word is best avoided,
as is attempting to alter the picture once you get it into the document.
Even dragging it around to position it is likely to fuzz it up.

Yeah, I know, it should work. But sometimes, it doesn't. Use
Insert>Picture... And it will work always...

Cheers

Version: v.X Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: Intel I have
had an ongoing problem with random poor quality of photos inserted into Word
documents as files. The photos appear normal in the document on the display,
but half of the time when they are printed, they look like they have a
resolution of 50 dpi. This problem has occurred using several different
printers, both laser and ink jet. The problem does not appear consistently.
I have tried to massage the photos with Photoshop Elements but that has no
effect. I end up having to print the photo pages in the documents from a PC
running XP, and they always print fine. Any ideas?

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matters unless I ask you to; or unless you intend to pay!

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer,
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410 | mailto:[email protected]

 

[WhiskyTangoFoxtrot]

This is a pain.

>
> In Photoshop (or iPhoto, or whatever...) first crop the picture to show only
> what you want to see, then re-sample it to the size you want it to print,
> and to 300 dpi.
>
> For normal printing, you will find you can get away with 150 dpi, and the
> picture will be a quarter the size if you do.
>
> If it's a photo, save it as JPG, if it's a drawing save it as .PNG. The JPG
> removes detail to preserve colour, the PNG preserves detail at the expense
> of colour.
>
> Now use Insert>Picture>From file to put the prepared picture into Word.
>
> It will print fine, every time. Pasting pictures into Word is best avoided,
> as is attempting to alter the picture once you get it into the document.
> Even dragging it around to position it is likely to fuzz it up.
>
> Yeah, I know, it should work. But sometimes, it doesn't. Use
> Insert>Picture... And it will work always...
>
> Cheers
>
> On 17/03/10 1:27 PM, in article (e-mail address removed)2ac0,
> "[email protected]"
> wrote:
>
>
> --
>
> The email below is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
> matters unless I ask you to; or unless you intend to pay!
>
> John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer,
> McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
> Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410 | mailto:[email protected]
>
>
>

Thank you sir! Reducing the file size as you suggested solved the problem.