(01-20-2023, 01:04 PM)Ofnuts Wrote: A few things to know: https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-Image-size-in-Gimp
Thank you, the majority of that is way over my head but I fixed it this time by changing the resolution, so I have some hope, thanks again!
This is so far over my head I can't even reply properly, but it was fixed (as far as I can tell) by changing the resolution to 300 x and y. I am printing to a square 5 x 5 inch card and the image is a jpeg, my printer is a pixima ip8750, haven't actually printed it yet but it looks right on the screen at least! Thank you
(01-19-2023, 03:30 PM)rich2005 Wrote: As a first guess but I'm very new to Gimp and I've managed to make the right sized empty page often leads to fundamental mistakes. Gimp is a bitmap editor, it works in pixels.
If you make a 'right sized empty page' in centimetres then Gimp uses a pixels-per-inch (ppi) setting to convert the centimetres to pixels.
A 4 cm x 4 cm @ 72 ppi is a low quality image and a 4 cm x 4 cm @ 300 ppi is a high quality image. Both will print at 4 x 4 centimetres.
What is the size of your Gimp image in centimetres (or inches) and also in pixels ? The size in pixels is shown top of the Gimp window
Which format are you exporting the image for printing - jpeg or png or maybe PDF ?
Are you printing at home or using some on-line printing service to make the cards ?