Even with
lowest pixel available in your digital camera, you too can produce photos and prints at home that can look better than those made in photo labs. Digital photo printing has come to a point where everybody is given choice to either produce output by themselves or to get assistance from outside. So when you opt to do it yourself, avoid two mistakes often made by first timers of digital photo printing. Mistake # 1: Digital camera is not set to highest image quality.
Solution:
The first thing you should do is to set your digital camera to highest picture resolution available. This can be found in camera’s setup menu, and usually indicated as either “quality” or “size”.
In addition, when your digital camera offers you to select between TIFF and JPG when saving your photo, opt for TIFF. TIFF images appear much cleaner, crisper, and more detailed than JPG version. However, you have to take note that TIFF files have larger sizes than JPG that your digital memory card may not be able to save many photos. Moreover, most digital cameras have memory cards that could only hold a few high resolution TIFF images. To answer this problem, you could either buy a larger memory card that will cost you almost $100, or just settle with choosing images you like best and discarding those not at par with your tastes.
Mistake # 2: Printer is not set up for right resolution and paper type.
Solution:
Second, when you go to your printer’s settings in your computer find your printer’s setup and put to highest quality color digital photo printing. This is sometimes indicated in dpi (dots per inch). Still, some printers have a “Quality versus Speed” setting which makes you choose between faster printing or better looking photos. When you’re doing documents, it is better to use Speed setting, while for photos, go for Quality.
