Pixel Joint Forum: Printing Pixel Art

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   Hello,

I have a question about printing the Pixel Art.
While making an image you work in 72 pixel\inch, but printers print in 300 pixel\inch. 
Should I be worried by that?
Should I change the resolution from 72 to 300 before printing?
How does it affects the image quality?

PS. I've searched this Resources and Support part of the forum using search engine and looking at thread names and I couldn't find answer - that's why I'm asking. Altough if there was such thread - sorry.

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Emode Seaman Joined: 12 April 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1	Topic: Printing Pixel Art Posted: 12 April 2008 at 2:08am
	Hello, I have a question about printing the Pixel Art. While making an image you work in 72 pixel\inch, but printers print in 300 pixel\inch. Should I be worried by that? Should I change the resolution from 72 to 300 before printing? How does it affects the image quality? PS. I've searched this Resources and Support part of the forum using search engine and looking at thread names and I couldn't find answer - that's why I'm asking. Altough if there was such thread - sorry.
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klav Commander Joined: 01 December 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 128	Posted: 12 April 2008 at 4:45am
	if i print something out, I resize it. This allows you to actually see the pixels. graphics gale has a resizing option on the print page. You can make an image the entire page if desired and there is no distortion. in photoshop, I zoom in to the desired size (you must stay in whole number amounts, 200%, 300% etc), "print screen", open a new window, paste the "print screen", crop, and then print. This will allow you to print up to any size (as long as its smaller than your monitor).
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DeProgrammer Midshipman Joined: 22 August 2020 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 81	Posted: 12 April 2008 at 7:26am
	Any program that uses the Print Common Dialog, ie. MS Paint, is capable of fitting images to pages. It's all in Page Setup.
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