Chapter 7. Printing Your Files

Everything up to this point has been in preparation for the main event—printing your digital photos. With color management options correctly set, and your image editing complete, it’s time to let your printer generate that masterpiece. Whether it’s a family vacation snapshot, a formal portrait, or a fine art landscape, it’s not enough to simply make your image corrections and hit the Print button. Choosing the correct paper type and printer settings will ensure that your prints match your vision.

In Chapter 4, “Using Printer Settings,” you learned the basics of working with your printer driver. This chapter will build on those concepts to cover the proper settings for printing images from Adobe Photoshop CS2 and ...

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