horizontal fine black lines

16 years ago

What would cause fine black lines across my images? They are all the way across or partial. Sometimes there are a few and sometimes a lot.

I'm using Windows XP with Photoshop Elements 5.

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grandms
16 years ago
Is this on your monitor or with printed pictures?
DrynDusty
Original Author
16 years ago
Oh, sorry, it's on the printed page. Mostly on photos. Obviously, it's only visible in the light colored sections of the paper. I've had one page come out with fine red lines, a few days ago. Norm
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zep516
16 years ago
Next question would be make & model of printer, then we can start putting puzzle together.

zep516

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owbist
16 years ago
And if it is not possibly blocked printer nozzles as Zep seems to be considering then perhaps it is a low resolution photo you are trying to print?

Try setting your print quality a bit higher and see if that cures it
DrynDusty
Original Author
16 years ago
It's an Epson Stylus Photo 1280. I checked and it was set at 72 dpi. I reset it to 220. I'll see if that fixes the problem.
I have done innumerable nozzle checks and replaced the cartridges many times without resolving anything. Thanks for the suggestions, everyone.
It may take some time to establish whether or not this is the solution as the problem is intermitant.
Norm
DrynDusty
Original Author
16 years ago
After I upped the resolution to 220, I printed out an 8.5x 11
photo. What came out was fine but only about one half the image. No lines this time. So why the half page of print? Did I set the resolution too high?
Norm
owbist
16 years ago
Did the half image fill the page or was the page only half filled?

Did you use the 'Print preview' and resize before printing? Take a look at the link I provided if you are unsure Norm

If half the image filled the page you definitely need to use the 'Print preview feature and move the picture around to set it how you want it to look. Be sure to grab the corner 'ears' to resize the picture so that it does not get distorted. Using the side or top ears to resize will give you either short fat folk or tall skinny folk.

Here is a link that might be useful: Print preview in Photoshop elements
DrynDusty
Original Author
16 years ago
The page was half filled, owbist. I did as you said to fill the frame. It seems to have fixed itself, as later pictures and text are full page.
Did I do something when I resized to 220 that caused the half page image?
I'll be starting a class in Photoshop next week. Maybe I'll finally learn something about it. Thanks again for your assistance.
Norm

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