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Old 04-07-2006, 11:02 PM   #1
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[FONT=Arial]Hi, just started printing shots from my Canon A620 on my HP Photosmart 8450, using Elements 4, I reduced the size of a shot down to 83 X 62 mm in Photoshop, but when I printed it out on the 8450 on HP 6 X 4 Tabbed paper, it actually came out as 88 X 65 mm! in previous 6 X 4 prints I thought I had lost a little, can anyone help where I went wrong please? [/FONT]
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Old 05-07-2006, 5:34 AM   #2
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It's to do with the size of the image you produce. Your average point and shoot digi cam takes pictures in a 4:3 ratio, which actually equates to a size of 6x4.5 - you'll see lots of labs offering this option now. SLRs and DSLRs take photos in the more traditional 3:2 ratio, which equates to the 6x4 print size.
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barongreenback, hi,
thanks for your reply, thats interesting, will look into it and get back,
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