# Photoshop query **URL:** \ **Category:** design\ **Created:** [February 3, 2004, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-query/41941 "2004-02-03T17:27:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@ave](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ave)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2004, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-query/41941/1 "2004-02-03T17:27:47Z")
I wonder if anyone can tell me the default pixel resolution of photoshop 6. Or if there isnt one the best resolution to use for printing so it doesnt resize badly. cheers :thumb: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-query/41941/2 "2004-02-04T12:57:08Z")
Cheers i have messed with the res a bit but it hasnt solved my problem. basically im designing some flyers and letterheads for some people and its fine on my PC but is oddly resizing when they print it. Im saving to Jpeg as the work is fairly ‘imagey’ (if thats not a word it should be lol) the file dimensions are that of A4 (21cmx29.7cm) in photoshop But it seems to lose about 10% of its size when you print it ?? any ideas why ? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-query/41941/3 "2004-02-04T14:20:33Z")
what res is your final document that you are printing and what application are you using to print? - are you using jpg’s for your final print??? jpg is lossy compression which means it loses pixel information when it compresses and in turn prints out somewhat pixelated. You should be saving to a lossless format such as .tiff this is also depending on what app you are using to print. i will help you out when you reply cheers .soulty ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-query/41941/4 "2004-02-04T17:22:04Z")
get the specs from your printer. As they vary from printer to printer. But tiff is the way to go…My printer asks for the .ai then they do their own compression, ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-query/41941/5 "2004-02-04T17:29:14Z")
will look into it bit more cheers guys. Im using jpeg as the image is only doable in that really and i am using photoshop6. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-query/41941/6 "2004-02-04T17:33:34Z")
I believe ps6 can save out as a tiff. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-query/41941/7 "2004-02-04T17:48:31Z")
it can , but it looks absolutely terrible even on highest settings. or am i missing something ? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 12:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-query/41941/8 "2004-02-05T00:29:05Z")
you must be missing something, tiffs should be spot on. again it depends on what resolution you are using and what printer you are printing on. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 12:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-query/41941/9 "2004-02-05T00:30:59Z")
also make sure the zoom is 100%…I caught myself doing something on 80% and everything looked terrible ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 12:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-query/41941/10 "2004-02-05T00:32:21Z")
same here 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2004, 12:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-query/41941/11 "2004-02-05T00:33:09Z")
i bet that is it…not zoomed to 100%…Tiff is always good