Photoshop – View Print Size

Have you ever tried to use  Adobe® Photoshop® Print Size preview and been bewildered on why it fails? If so, this might help explain things to you.  Adobe® Photoshop® doesn’t know your screen resolution so it uses a default 72 screen resolution setting. 

If you go to your  Adobe® Photoshop® preferences (ctrl+k) and pick the Units and Rulers tab you’ll see a box that reads Screen Resolution. You’ll more than likely, unless someone has changed it, see a 72 in the box.  You need to change the setting, one time, on each of your production monitors.

measure your screen real estate

Take out a tape measure and measure your screen, but don’t include your monitor frame. When measuring don’t measure diagonally; measure either horizontally or vertically. In my case my screen measures 20.5 inches horizontally.

Windows Screen Resolution Setting

Go to your computers display settings and choose Screen Resolution. When you choose Screen Resolution from your desktop you’ll see a box labeled Resolution. In my case my screen resolution is 1920.

Divide screen resolution by screen dimension

Divide Screen Resolution by screen dimension, in my case I get 93.658.

Paste my new Screen Resolution in

Paste the number you get by dividing your screen resolution by your horizontal viewable space, in my case I get 93.658.