Image will print at less than 220 ppi at the selected size

[North guy]

Hi guys.

Why is it im getting the message [h=2]"Image will print at less than 220 ppi at the selected size"[/h]
When i go to print in photoshop elements 10 from my ricoh 3300 printer?

Its annoying!

[Lee]

I really dont know - but are you stretching the image, therefore lowering the DPI?

Just a guess - Im sure a PS expert will be along soon though!

[bms]

Hi guys.

Why is it im getting the message "Image will print at less than 220 ppi at the selected size"


When i go to print in photoshop elements 10 from my ricoh 3300 printer?

Its annoying!

Try opening the file in Word and see if it prints fine that way.

[North guy]

it only open as text with word lol

no im not stretching anything. i start with a canvas 20.5 x 8.5 and just put my design into that

[bms]

it only open as text with word lol

no im not stretching anything. i start with a canvas 20.5 x 8.5 and just put my design into that

Save image as jpg, open word and insert file.

[Paul]

How many ppi is your template and how many yoir jpg?

[Haze]

Photoshop is simply warning you that your image has less than 200 pixels (dots) per inch as this is considered the minimum for a good quality print. As your template is 20.5 inches by 8.5 inches that's roughly double the size of most "out of the camera" jpg files, so if you've dragged a jpg onto it you have probably "stretched" it in size which reduces the available pixels in each inch and therefore lowered the print quality, although on screen (viewed at 72dpi) it will look fine.

As Paul says you will need to look at the original jpg file size to see if the quality is sufficient to print at 20.5x8.5 at 200dpi, and the template ppi. They can both be upsized in PS to a certain extent if too small.

[John G]

It's saying your original file is too low a quality