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kers

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Z3200 printing large 600dpi prints- bottleneck
« on: January 06, 2025, 06:47:48 am »

I am used to print directly from Photoshop on my mac to my HP z3200 printer. ( that has been very reliable )

It can do 600 dpi and it is visibly better than 300dpi.
Now i have very large prints i want to do for artists that are longer than 150 centimeter and 600 dpi.
Unfortunately the printer stops at about 120cm.

I believe there is a 30.000 pixel printing borderlimit.

Question is : is that a limit of the printer or the HP software or both and how is it possible to print larger?
any suggestions
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Re: Z3200 printing large 600dpi prints- bottleneck
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2025, 09:58:02 am »

SERVICE ManuaL:    Some applications, such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and
CorelDRAW, use an internal 16–bit coordinate system which means that they cannot handle an image of
more than 32,768 pixels. If you try to print an image larger than this from these applications, the
bottom of the image will be clipped. In this case, the only way to print the whole image is to
reduce the resolution so that the whole image requires fewer than 32,768 pixels. An image 32,768
pixels long would print at a length of 54.61 in or 1.39 m if you select Best or Quality in the
driver, 109.23 in or 2.78 m if you select Fast, Normal or Speed in the driver.
To print the whole image, try these suggestions:
■ When printing into a PS printer, Try using the PostScript printer driver to print your job, if
you have not already tried it
■ The Windows PCL3 driver dialog includes an option called Max. application resolution, which
enables you to print successfully in this situation. For the Z3200 it is set to Auto. For older
products, or if you want to make sure that the resolution is lowered, you might need to change the
setting manually to 300. You can find the option in the Advanced tab, under Document Options >
Printer Features.
■ Save the file in another format, such as TIFF or EPS, and open it with another
application.
■ Use a RIP to print the file.
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Re: Z3200 printing large 600dpi prints- bottleneck
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2025, 04:10:54 pm »

Thank you for the ideas - i will try some...
Just saw your post today
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