clean image printing in ms word

[dazakun]

I have a very high resolution (400dpi) logo that I saved into .jpg format using adobe photoshop on max quality settings, however when I add the image to a word document heading and print it, it does not print cleanly, the logo shows up with edges that are kind of fuzzy. I thought an image at such a high dpi would have no problems printing clearly. I've checked the printer settings (samsung ml_1750) which is not the problem.

can anyone please offer some advice on solving this issue? thanks

[Silver Bullet]

First, anything over 300dpi is super overkill and personally just a waste of space. Also saving such a high rez image as jpg is loosing you tons of quailty. TIFF or PNG is usually the best way to save high DPI files.

Anyway, back to the problem at hand... bring images that big into MS Word is not going to work at all, no matter how high a rez/dpi it is. You need to bring down the rez to something that MS Word won't shrink once its imported, think 72DPI and maybe 300~400 pixels wide, or use the real measurements from MS word, i.e. you want the logo 1 inch square, so in PS save the image 1in by 1in @ 72dpi and see how that works.

[deep]

First, anything over 300dpi is super overkill and personally just a waste of space. Also saving such a high rez image as jpg is loosing you tons of quailty. TIFF or PNG is usually the best way to save high DPI files.

Anyway, back to the problem at hand... bring images that big into MS Word is not going to work at all, no matter how high a rez/dpi it is. You need to bring down the rez to something that MS Word won't shrink once its imported, think 72DPI and maybe 300~400 pixels wide, or use the real measurements from MS word, i.e. you want the logo 1 inch square, so in PS save the image 1in by 1in @ 72dpi and see how that works.

Please disregard everything said in the post above. All of it. 72dpi? You want him to print at screen resolution? Sweet jesus....I've seen your documents pass by my desk before. 300dpi and up is just fine. Hell, if you're not creating vector logos, you may as well work at 2400dpi, just in case you ever need to offset print it or make a poster.

Oh wait...I must apologise....there is a good piece of advice. Don't save hi res logos as JPGs. Ideally, they should be vector based, and saved as EPS or AI. However, I know a lot of logos start as non-vector sources. If they are essentially line art, GIF is fine. If they incorprate photos or gradients, try PNGs or TIFFs.

Which version of Word are you using? I'm not sure exactly which version it happened with, but MS changed the way word dealt with images. In Word XP I'm able to bring in very hi resolution images with no problems simply by dragging and dropping. Cut and Paste often screws up images from non-Office sources, however.

[Silver Bullet]

Please disregard everything said in the post above. All of it. 72dpi? You want him to print at screen resolution? Sweet jesus....I've seen your documents pass by my desk before. 300dpi and up is just fine. Hell, if you're not creating vector logos, you may as well work at 2400dpi, just in case you ever need to offset print it or make a poster.

It all depends on what is being worked on ... standard magazine dpi is 300, i would say that 90% of the time that is usually easily enough rez. Guess that's what i get for posting first and trying to help... I can't cover everything ...

[dazakun]

hey thank you both very much for the advice, I got some really good info from both posts and appreciate the help. cheers