Welcome to print ready help

I have set up this blog to help people who are supplying artwork to printers,
I am here to answer technical questions and give you solutions to problems,
So if your not sure about any print related questions, post a comment.

Thursday 13 January 2011

Resolution

Why is resolution important?

Resolution also known as DPI (Dots Per Inch) can be described as the number of dots that fit horizontally and vertically into a one-inch space. Generally, the more dots per inch, the more detail captured and the sharper the resulting image. For an image to print properly, the image must be at least 300 dots per inch (dpi) at the final output size. If your file is not 300 dpi, you can not simply increase the dpi from a low resolution to a higher one by increasing the DPI in your imaging program. Need more information about resolution? Post a comment