how to print digital pix...

[iguy1]

well I guess that is why I am here- looking for help in "understanding my equipment and my technology". that being said- I have an HP photosmart 375 which with I am quite facile- excepting the above situation. The above scenario is the only one giving me fits- Perhaps I do not understand the settings on the camera- that was the gist of my original question. Why are there different settings on the digital camera? what aspects of the photo do they ultimately affect? if someone would be so kind as to answer this, it would be very much appreciated. I, of course, just assumed that this is an acceptable forum to try to learn from- perhaps, it has offended those that thought a help forum was not the proper venue in which to ask questions.

Mike

[VirtualTracy]

Hi iguy1, we'll get to the bottom of this somehow ... the end goal is to print out the pictures your daughter emailed you. Just focus on that and forget the rest

I take it you have had no troubles whatsoever printing out your own photos using your HP 375? Have you tried printing out the recalcitrant images on a friends printer ... ??

[MisterMe]

Originally Posted by iguy1

... I have an HP photosmart 375 ...

This is progress.

Originally Posted by iguy1

... Why are there different settings on the digital camera? what aspects of the photo do they ultimately affect? ...

It occurs to me that you never stated which model camera you have. If there is something special about it, then there is no way that anyone can tell you what is so special.

Originally Posted by iguy1

... it has offended those that thought a help forum was not the proper venue in which to ask questions.

Mike

Mike,

No one is trying to give you a hard time. I am trying to get you to understand that the size of your printed photographs has nothing to do with your camera settings. Once your pictures are on your computer, that is where you must turn your attention. Fixating on camera settings will do you no good.

I will repeat: The size of your printed photographs is determined by the application that you use to print them and the print driver that controls your Photosmart 375. If your printer is like just about every other printer, then its driver allows you to scale any size image to fit the paper.

It really easier to do than it is to explain.

[iguy1]

I have a sony point and shoot DSC P7 set to shoot at image size 2048 (3:2). As far as I can tell, my daughter's camera is shooting at 3072x 2304 pixels with a Canon powershot SD1000. I have not tried her pix on a different computer ( i will)- i am using Iphoto with a 4x6 constrain. Thank you for your assistance

Mike

[iguy1]

with a different camera, set at different pixels, I continue to get a truncated photo from iphoto- is it possible my iphoto is corrupted? iphoto 4