image resize

Hello,

I am new to this site, and fairly new to gimp. I used gimp to build a
website for our local reef club a couple of years ago, and now we have redone
the website. Our new logo was done by a friend of a friend type deal, and the
image size is rather small. Every time we go to print it out, it tells us we
need 300dpi. Is there away to take my current image and have gimp convert
this to 300 dpi so we can get our shirts and business cards printed out? Any
help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks again
Phil

The image in question can be seen at www.fwmas.org

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* Phil <forums@gimpusers.com> [03-14-10 13:52]:
> I am new to this site, and fairly new to gimp. I used gimp to build a
> website for our local reef club a couple of years ago, and now we have redone
> the website. Our new logo was done by a friend of a friend type deal, and the
> image size is rather small. Every time we go to print it out, it tells us we
> need 300dpi. Is there away to take my current image and have gimp convert
> this to 300 dpi so we can get our shirts and business cards printed out? Any
> help will be greatly appreciated.

Your problem is probably that you are trying to print at a larger size
than the image is. Effectively when you enlarge the size/print-size you
spread out the microscopic dots/pixels/!dpi that comprise the image, ie:

the original image is 640px x 480px (px=pixels) @ 2.133x1.600 inches and
300dpi

if you print the image at twice the size, 4.266x3.2, you quarter the
300dpi to 75dpi and your printer complains.

There is no *good* solution past a larger *original* image, but.. I have
increased the present image size a little at a time, then applied a mild
unsharp-mask. It should print *decent* to 4x3 inches or smaller,
especially on a shirt. If your printer still complains, tell it to print
anyway.

I have attached the image. If you wish to print a larger size, you may
open the image in gimp and increase the print size under "Image", or I
will do it for you.

guk luk,

>Off-list reply
>
>* Phil <forums@gimpusers.com> [03-14-10 13:52]:
>> I am new to this site, and fairly new to gimp. I used gimp to build a
>> website for our local reef club a couple of years ago, and now we have
redone
>> the website. Our new logo was done by a friend of a friend type deal, and
the
>> image size is rather small. Every time we go to print it out, it tells us
we
>> need 300dpi. Is there away to take my current image and have gimp
convert
>> this to 300 dpi so we can get our shirts and business cards printed out?
Any
>> help will be greatly appreciated.
>
>Your problem is probably that you are trying to print at a larger size
>than the image is. Effectively when you enlarge the size/print-size you
>spread out the microscopic dots/pixels/!dpi that comprise the image, ie:
>
>the original image is 640px x 480px (px=pixels) @ 2.133x1.600 inches and
>300dpi
>
>if you print the image at twice the size, 4.266x3.2, you quarter the
>300dpi to 75dpi and your printer complains.
>
>There is no *good* solution past a larger *original* image, but.. I have
>increased the present image size a little at a time, then applied a mild
>unsharp-mask. It should print *decent* to 4x3 inches or smaller,
>especially on a shirt. If your printer still complains, tell it to print
>anyway.
>
>I have attached the image. If you wish to print a larger size, you may
>open the image in gimp and increase the print size under "Image", or I
>will do it for you.
>
>guk luk,
>

Thank you for the help, but where do I find the image? Sorry for being an
idiot

* Phil <forums@gimpusers.com> [03-14-10 15:29]:
> >Off-list reply

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OFF-LIST REPLY

you replied ON-LIST

> Thank you for the help, but where do I find the image? Sorry for being an
> idiot


it was ATTACHED to the OFF-LIST reply I sent you.

it is available:
http://wahoo.no-ip.org/~pat/AtlantisPinkLemonade-1.jpg

OFF-LIST REPLY

El dg 14 de 03 de 2010 a les 20:27 +0100, en/na Phil va escriure:
> >Off-list reply
> >
> >* Phil <forums@gimpusers.com> [03-14-10 13:52]:
> >I have attached the image. If you wish to print a larger size, you may
> >open the image in gimp and increase the print size under "Image", or I
> >will do it for you.
> >
> >guk luk,
> >
>
> Thank you for the help, but where do I find the image? Sorry for being an
> idiot
>
Nopes, you are NOT an idiot, the problem is that gimpuser.com is
deleting the attachments in the messages it receives and that it uses
his own email address to connect to the gimp user mailing list, so any
private replies goes to his public web.

I suggest you use a real mail program to acces this mail list instead of
a forum<>mail<>forum web.

Pere

El dg 14 de 03 de 2010 a les 20:27 +0100, en/na Phil va escriure:
> >Off-list reply
> >
> >* Phil <forums@gimpusers.com> [03-14-10 13:52]:
> >I have attached the image. If you wish to print a larger size, you
may
> >open the image in gimp and increase the print size under "Image", or
I
> >will do it for you.
> >
> >guk luk,
> >
>
> Thank you for the help, but where do I find the image? Sorry for
being an
> idiot
>
Nopes, you are NOT an idiot, the problem is that gimpuser.com is
deleting the attachments in the messages it receives and that it uses
his own email address to connect to the gimp user mailing list, so any
private replies goes to his public web.

I suggest you use a real mail program to acces this mail list instead of
a forum<>mail<>forum web.

Pere

* Pere Pujal i Carabantes <pere@fornol.no-ip.org> [03-14-10 17:11]:
> >* Phil <forums@gimpusers.com> [03-14-10 13:52]:
> > Thank you for the help, but where do I find the image? Sorry for
> being an
> > idiot
> >
> Nopes, you are NOT an idiot, the problem is that gimpuser.com is
> deleting the attachments in the messages it receives and that it uses
> his own email address to connect to the gimp user mailing list, so any
> private replies goes to his public web.
>
> I suggest you use a real mail program to acces this mail list instead of
> a forum<>mail<>forum web.

He should be ok, I put it up on my site.