72 dpi printing

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  • CharlesChester0

    I dunno - I reckon those pixels in the eboy stuff are probably more like a few pixels, rather than just one.

    The best way to see what it'll print like is open up a big 300dpi blank document and just drop your scan in, then it'll come in at the size it'll print at 300dpi, then obviously any sizing up you do will lose quality in the print. you could probably go down to about 200dpi without losing quality. Trust me - 300dpi is print quality, 72dpi will look like a really bad jpeg but on paper. To be honest I've never understood how they print 'pixel' drawings. I suppose if you could get the pixels to fit exactly in the 'grid' of pixels at 300dpi it might work, as then the edges aren't blending into the rest of the image

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