How do I get the best printouts of my photos?

This is a tough question to answer exactly, since the results you achieve depend very much on the printer you use. In general, laser printers and laser-printer paper do not perform as well as inkjet printers, which can use specially coated papers.

Regardless of the printer you use, here are some guidelines for getting the best prints possible:

Remember that you are constrained by your printer’s resolution. A 300-dot-per- inch printer cannot reproduce all of the detail contained in a 1200-dot-per-inch image.

For best results printing a 640 x 480-pixel photo, print it at about 4 x 3 inches in size. (Please experiment, though, because some printers can produce quite acceptable 6.5 x 5-inch copies of a 640 x 480 image.)

To change the print size of a photo using your PhotoMAX Image Maker Software:

1 Double-click the software icon to launch it.

2 Click From File (bottom left of window).

3 Click Browse, and in the Open window, find and double-click the desired photo file. The photo will appear in the software’s image tray.

4 Click Print (left side of window) and then click Standard Printing (bottom of window). A printing window appears, showing you the current default size for the printed image. This is generally the recommended size, and if you want to try it, click Print (bottom of window).

5 But if you want to resize the photo, first select Inches or Cm (just below the image tray). A grid appears, made up of squares representing whole inches or centimeters.

6 Click the center of the photo and, while holding the mouse button down, drag the photo and place its lower-left corner at any grid crossing. Then release the mouse button.

7 Click the white box at the upper-right corner of the photo, and while holding the mouse button down, drag the corner toward the center of the photo (to make it smaller) or away from the center (to make it bigger). When the photo reaches the desired size, release the mouse button. (The grid lines will help you estimate the photo size.)

8 Click the appropriate paper Orientation button (upper right), click Printer Setup (if you want to configure your printer), and then click Print (bottom of window).

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