who wants to talk about css print styles?

i can make it work for the most part. i have one protype working. i know what work around to using high rez images i'd like to use, but i am having an issue controling the size of the images.

my canvas size is 8 x 10.5

my dpi is 300 that gives me 2550 x 3300px
and at 72 dpi i get 612 x 792px

i can declare the size in inches or pixels and i get totally the wrong size image. if the things is 8 x 10.5. i have always had images/prints print to the canvas size and quality was determined by bit depth. what am i missing?
~Pxl

you got it. it's the printer resolution that is screwing me. still matching the printer resolution and the css doesnt seem to help. i can futz with it and get it to line up fine, but id like it to make sense.

the only saving grace in this case is tha,t this is a print off on a kiosk i'm designing, so i do have control.

good stuff geoff. thanks for the input.

~Pxl

Geoff's right on this, all you can do is your best but even that can be dashed if the end user's printer isn't set up correctly.

ok i hear what your saying. but how do i align the image with the printers resolution?

if the printer is going to print the image at the resolution set by the print driver then i should be able to give my image the right height and width to size it properly. this assuming you know the printer you are using and i do in this case.

for instance. if the canvas for the image is 8 x 10.5 so if the printer is set to 300 dpi then i would think that i could set my img height to 3150px and width to 2400px and the aspect ratio would match up and id get what i want. what i get is a huge poster size image. ok, well try screen resolution. so i use 576 x 756 and i get a tiny image.

i can sit and sort it out by using print preview and playing with the numbers till it fits. i would just like it to make sense to me. The magic number for those who care...

width: 1135px;
height: 1370px;

this on a printer set to 600dpi works a charm.


~Pxl