d-lab.2, d-lab.2plus, netlab.2plus - D-Lab 1

d-lab.2, d-lab.2plus, netlab.2plus: OperationProduction6.3.4 Working with File Print Mode6.3.4.1 General Information– Only files of the formats “.jpg” (also JPEG 2000), “.bmp”, uncompressed “.tif” files, and".tif“ files with LZW compression can be processed.– Each single file must not be bigger than 110 MB (“.tif”, “.bmp”; “.jpg” unpacked).Larger files cannot be printed.Notejpg files are compressed files and need less memory space when compressed thanunpacked files. For printing they must be unpacked. The unpacked size of jpg-filescannot be told by the (compressed) file size.– The quality of the prints depends on the relationship between resolution and print size:Minimum approx. 100 pixels per cm /approx. 250 pixels per inch– Digital cameras provide Gamma values between 1.8 and 2.2. The Minilab prints with aGamma of 1.8.– Optimum results can be obtained when the print size is adapted to the aspect ratio ofthe image. The aspect ratio of the image can be derived from the pixel size (.... x ....pixel). This is indicated in the Load file screen (see Load Image Files from StorageMedia in this chapter).Many digital cameras generate images at an aspect ratio of 3:4. Therefore werecommend to create print formats with the aspect ratio 3:4 for digital prints of thesame aspect ratio. In case of other formats too much information may be lost.– Select a suitable adaptation type (see Define and Edit an Order Configuration of theSingle Type / Film Carrier File Print in Chapter 4). If it is not suitable the error Fileprint parameter range violation will be displayed. The following adaptation methodscan be selected:– Fit image to paper(presetting) The complete digital image is printed; if the image has another aspectratio than the paper, a white border will show on two sides.– Fill print sizeA center cropping of the digital image is printed without a border; part of theoriginal image is lost if the digital image has another aspect ratio than the paper.In case of larger deviations between the aspect ratio of the original and the formatto be exposed the image cannot be printed. Then the alternative Adapt to printsize must be selected.6AgfaPhoto 2005-05-01 / PN 04092_01 6-55