knight2255: the picture is 2.75 megs when i downloaded it. When i open it up in photoshop it says 66.7%(RGB), the resolution is 11.024pixels per inch, the height says 51.254 inches and the width is 72.571 inches.
[confused] Well, roughly translated, that's approximately 9"x6" at 72 ppi!
66.7% happens to be your default screen view
knight. Simply go to
View->Actual Pixels to see the full on-screen size. Or double click on the zoom tool
Firstly, if this is an image that you've downloaded, you're not going to get better than 72 ppi which may not suitable for print. [confused]
If you go to the image dialogue box and change the ppi from 11.024 to 72 (make sure to uncheck the 'resample box'), you will see the document size/dimensions change accordingly. These ratios are relative - the more ppi you assign to a print, accordingly the print dimensions will decrease. The actual file size remains the same but the end result is that you will be packing more pixels into a smaller area, thereby obtaining a better quality print.
Ideally, you'd want at least 150 ppi for home printing and if you were to change the resolution to that, your print size would be about 4"x3". Get it? Play with these settings and see the relationship between ppi and print dimensions.
Disregard the upper part of the dialogue box which is only intended for web viewing.
Go ahead and print the 72 ppi file... perhaps you're happy with the quality for your purposes?