Picture resolution How do I change the picture resolution. I am having trouble printing my pictures because my resoltion is not correct

Yes you can. But 300 dpi is nothing. You could compare this to a question like, fits a yard in a football field.
When talking about 300 dpi, you also must know how big a picture has to be.
According to the manual, your camera can shoot pictures with 4288 by 3216 pixels. When you want to print 300 dpi that is 14 inch by 12 inch pictures. If you want to shoot pictures for smaller results like 6 inch by 4 inch or 7 inch by 5, you can chose a smaller resolution.
Don't be confused by the technical terms of 300 dpi. This is only used in the printing industry. I already printed till 4 times the resolution that was theoretical possible, and still the pictures look very good.
If you have a great picture, shot in the highest resolution, you should be able to make a print of more that 5 or 6 feet and still have a great picture

spacey49442,

It could be a corrupt file and certainly would not cause any problems to download and install the newest driver from the Kodak website. I have a tip at http://www.fixya.com/support/r6370947-install_printer_without_install_cd which will walk you through the process. The newest driver may have some features you do not have now.

If this does not solve your problem I would change the cartridge with a new unit. If you have been printing for several days the ink cartridge could be empty or the heads could be plugged. Ink cartridges do not last very long when printing pictures due to the high resolution used. This uses up the ink at a high rate. Also if you think about it, pictures have ink across the entire page, unlike a word document which only has a small amount of type.

Thanks for using FixYa and the great rating.

hardrocko

The native resoltion for this monitor is 1440 x 900 @60Hz for best picture. Are you able to set your PC resolution to this number?

if the whole image is too long you can adjust it from tthe image driver ..it will be in the right side on the task bar near the programs that are opened all the time ..and named like the video card you are using and usually will display when hoovering the resolution in use..open the resolutions and choose one that fits best...and confirm ..
To adjust just the the picture from the desktop ..right click on the desktop..properties..and desktop...in there choose the desktop image ..or change image ..and you will have 3 possibilities for adjusting the picture to fit..center ...stretch..and tile.. see them one by one ...if non of the stile will make it visible in a normal way ..then you should change the picture,,and choose a wallpaper that it is in the same form and big enough to fit....
T change a picture on the wallpaper it is enough to right click on it when its opened ..and choose it to be set as wallpaper from the list of tasks...

You need to aet the PC Video resolution to the native resoltion of this monitor to get best picture with correct aspect ratio: 1440x900 @60Hz.

While it is common to down size images without losing picture quality, it is unfortunately not really possible to Increase the size of an image without losing picture quality (As you are currently experiencing)

This is why most digital cameras have such a high resolution, so that they can produce very large images that may be scaled down to the end users requirements.

You have to scan the pictures with a higher resolution to be able to print them in a larger format with acceptable quality.

If your default scanning setting is, say, 150dpi resolution, and you want the picture to be enlarged twofold, then you have to increase the resolution to 300dpi. If you have 300dpi now, increase it to 600dpi.
Some scanner utilities do a fully automatic scan - then you have to find the automatic scan settings and change the default resolution. Or better yet, find an option for a non-automatic scan, where you are presented with various options after the preview scan has been done. There you can usually set the desired size, resolution, improve contrast, sharpness etc.

Generally, the higher the scanning resolution, the more detail you have on the picture, and the higher magnification you can obtain when printing without quality loss.

But there's a catch - a picture in higher resolution produces a bigger file on disk - the file size grows faster then the resolution - a two times bigger picture will be four times bigger on disk. So you have to make sensible choice.

Once you connect LCD Monitor to your Laptop! I am assuming your referring to a laptop hookup! Most PC's come with a function key which is labeled FN on your Keyboard next to the Ctl key. It should be in blue Print! You should be able to depress that Key along with I believe F8. this will transfer the image on to your LCD Monitor.

You have to take the pictures in 72x72 format in order to use them for your contacts image. I finally found this after looking on numerous websites. I tried it and it worked. The bummer thing is that you have to take the pictures that you want to use all over again.

Hi: Let's go by parts... :) You want to print your photos in 8 x 10 inches without bluring some areas on the picture... in Europe we talk about centimeters. It's something like 20 x 25 centimeters. If you want the picture to be with the best quality for printing, then you have to set your image resolution in, at least, 300 dpi (dots per inch) - this you have to do with software, like Adobe Photoshop CS2. For you to change the resolution of your picture to print with that size without losing any quality, you have to have a picture with, at least, 3000 x 2400 pixels. So, it's better for you to take pictures with the highest quality in your camera, 2560 x 1920, and still you loose some detail. When you have a picture with the resolution 1024 x 768 taken by any normal camera, you will get a resolution of 72 dpi (the same resolution that pictures in the Internet or monitors have. When you print it at your size, 8 x 10 inches, the computer or the printer, one of them is going to change the resolution of your pictures. That process is called "interpolation" and it means that some pixels are generated with middle colors. It's dificult for me to explain the process without showing images but I think that if your search through Google engine you will find lost of pages talking about it... maybe one day I can post in my site about that subject ;) If you have any question about what I tryed to explain just post again ;) Regards