Images on the internet are usually at a screen resolution of 72 d.p.i They do not make good prints of high quality. Accordingly a lot of people are used to printing these so so prints directly from their browser window and getting the physical size that they are viewing. But if a print appears huge in your browser window that is usually an alert that it is of higher resolution. For example, a jpg that is roughly 280 d.p.i will appear 4 times larger in your browser; this is the alert that you are dealing with a better quality photo and that it will usually print without the "jaggies" associated with normal internet 72 d.p.i photos. IF you follow the directions Below:

When you encounter these high resolution photos download them; close your browser/internet app. Open an art/draw or photo editor program and then choose "file/open" to retrieve this downloaded file. The photo should now be constrained to the dimensions set by the original author.

If the photo still looks huge then go to "Image Size" in your program and type in the size that you wish to print out.

HOW TO ADJUST YOUR MONITOR TO YOUR PRINTER:

When a picture does not print out just right an easy solution is to hold this bad print up to your Monitor that is connected to the printer; tweak the adjustments on the monitor to make the Monitor look just like this print. (Make sure there is no direct light hitting the monitor as this will affect the accuracy of your adjustments.) Now you know how a picture is going to print. Now open the picture's file in an image editor and tweak the file itself(not the monitor)until you are satisfied with the color/brightness values; then print for the second time. That is called WYSWYGing your Monitor to your printer.

If you can save this monitor setting and title this setting as to the type of paper that you just used. For Example----"Gamma for Epson photo glossy" Next time that you are going to print on that paper stock load the saved monitor adjustments pertaining to the paper stock that you intend to use. Now you can tweak the file to its best look and be reasonably assured it will print what you see.