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Anakin:

I know 300 dpi is good but what about the resolution?

GoPodular.com:

That is the resolution.  dpi= "dots per inch".

leapinlew:

Resolution and DPI don't really have much to do with each other. Since you can fit 1"dot per inch" on a 8.5 x 11inch sheet or you can fit 10 billion dpi on the same sheet.

Resolution commonly means size - like 800x600
DPI means - dots per inch. The more dots - the more quality.

To answer your question - I did my last cp at 300dpi and it was fine. I would probably do 600dpi on the next one - just cause I can...

leapinlew:

also:

DPI:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dpi

Resolution:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_resolution

Anakin:

I'm using this image below on my control panel and when i change it to 300dpi i notice a lot of fuzziness on it when i zoom in.  I'm trying to find out how this image would look like when i stretch it to 42x16 inches..

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