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    1. Re: [PA-LAC] Ellis Island Manifest question
    2. Alayne Jenkins
    3. Robert I was interested in your suggestion for this problem. I found that in doing what you describe the image became too small to read. However, your suggestion to look at the next page is correct usually the data in on two pages particularly in the more recent years. Glen --- Robert O'Neill <reoneill1@hotmail.com> wrote: > I had the same problem. Save the page to your hard > drive-- it will probably > be saved as a bitmapped image(.bmp)at 72 pixils per > inch. > > Open the image in a photo editing program, such as > photoshop or canvas. Use > this software to increase the number of pixils per > inch; this will > effectively change the dimensions of the printout > without loss of image > data. In photoshop this can be done by opening the > "image size..." dialog > box under the "image" menu. Make sure the "resample > image" box is not > checked. change the dimensions of the width to 8 > inches-- the height and > resolution (pixils/inch) will change automatically. > > You should be able to print the entire image out on > a single piece of paper. > Note that the text may be quite small, depending on > how large the original > document was. > > One more thing: check the page before and after the > one that Ellisisland > records.com pointed you to. Sometimes there is > additional information on the > same people on the next page. I found this to be the > case with several > manifests. > > Good luck, > > Bob O'Neill > Yonkers, NY > > > >From: MCasey863@aol.com > >Reply-To: PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com > >To: PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: [PA-LAC] Ellis Island Manifest question > >Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 15:59:33 EDT > > > >Dear Friends, > > > >I've been trying to print out a copy of the actual > manifest for my > >husband's > >grandfather who came in to Ellis Island in 1893. > I've enlarged the actual > >manifest page which has created the problem. > > > >I can't get the whole page printed on my printer. > I can only go as large > >as > >8.5 x 14 and that's only 1/2 way across the page. > I'm printing in > >Landscape. > > > >There's important information I want to learn on > the right hand side of the > >page. > > > >Does anyone have a suggestion as to how it can be > reduced to 8.5 x 14 or > >how > >to get it all printed as is? I'm not a computer > whiz so the explanation > >can't be too complicated, please. > > > >Thank you. Mary L. Casey > > > > > >==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== > >Search the Lackawanna pages: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/search.html > >To unsubscribe: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > http://explorer.msn.com > > > ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== > Visit RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative: > http://www.rootsweb.com/ > To unsubscribe: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList > ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie

    06/27/2001 04:37:31