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Tiff Tips with PageMaker
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Tips on using scanned images with PageMaker...
TIFF
With bit tiff scans, it is important to determine if you are
going to resize the image in PageMaker.
1) If you are going to retain the image's size in PM, then scan at the
highest possible resolution. Do not resize the resulting image, in
any manner, in PageMaker. If you stretch or crop the image in PM
accidentally, you can return to the image's original size by holding
down the Shift key and clicking on any handle.
2) If you are going to reduce the image in PM, then you should scan at
a lower resolution. The smaller you plan on reducing the image, the
lower the resolution you should scan it in at. WHen you are reducing
be sure to hold down the Control key (on the PC) or the Command key
(on the Mac) as you resize with the pointer tool. By resizing in this
manner, you will guarantee the resolution of the scanned image in a
multiple of the resolution for your printer. Thus eliminating those
ugly 'moire' patterns.
GRAY SCALE TIFF
With gray scale tiff, it is important to determine what your final output
device will be before you scan. You will always scan the image at a
resolution lower than your output device, regardless of any resizing you
may perform in PageMaker.
1) 300 DPI Laser printer - scan at 75 dpi. You can resize to any desired
dimension in PageMaker without affecting the image quality.
2) 1270 or 2540 DPI Linotronic - scan at 150 dpi. Resize freely in PM.
Note: the quality of a gray scale image is amazing when it is output to a
printer that has capabilities greater than 300 dpi. There is even
a noticeable difference between gray scale on a 300 dpi laser printer
and on a 400 dpi printer. This means there may be some cases where
a 300 dpi regular tiff image will look better than a gray scale image
printed on a similar 300 dpi printer. In other words, a gray scale
tiff image scanned at 150 dpi will ALWAYS look better when printed to
higher resolution device than the image was scanned at.
In general, scan line art type images in bit tiff and toned
illustrations of photographs in gray scale tiff.