Re-size Before Printing?

[bsanderson]

Should I re-size an image to the size of the paper that I'm printing to, or just tell Photoshop to scale it to fit the media? Does it make any difference? What steps do you take to print from Pshop?

[RodBarker]

Better you do the resize as you have the settings choice of resampling to suit your image and if its a big jump in size you can do it in 10% stages .

Rod

[kevin_c]

I always crop/resize to the exact size I require - 'scale to fit' may change the aspect ratio.

[Az2Africa]

I always crop/resize to the exact size I require - 'scale to fit' may change the aspect ratio.

I agree. I always resize first.

[Bodog]

"scale to fit" does not change the aspect ratio of your image. It does exactly what it says, Scales the image to the largest size able to fit within the borders of the chosen paper size While maintaining the image aspect ratio. There is no re-sampling involved either, just a change in the print resolution to get the dimensions necessary. It's not the right way or wrong way to print, just another choice.

[kevin_c]

"scale to fit" does not change the aspect ratio of your image. It does exactly what it says, Scales the image to fit within the borders of the chosen paper size While maintaining the aspect ration. There is no re-sampling involved either, just a change in the print resolution get the dimensions necessary. It's not the right way or wrong way to print, just another choice.

Wasn't sure on that one, hence my 'may change the aspect ratio' comment :-)

Thanks for clearing that up. I assume it leaves white borders to allow for any different ratio?