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You're always going to get pixilation and blurring if you print at a resolution lower than your images. At some point, however, no one will be able to tell10 years ago everyone printed at300 DPI and no one seemed to object. However, if take a600 DPI printer and print a copy at300 and a copy at600 DPI, the difference is amazing. So, I would say the minimum resolution that people would accept now is300 DPIAnother thing you should check is what the resolution of the images you're trying to print is. If you're printing from the web, it's typically only72 DPI. PDFs can range, but are often either72 DPI or300 DPI. If you print higher than the resolution of your images, they won't look any better but the text should look better
There are two options available usually
300dpi
600dpi
so300 is minimum
Quick breakdown:
I hope that helps.
300 dpi indoor ,72/92 outdoor .
Resolution72 Pixel /Inch is the default one but with better resolution better go with300
You have to keep in mind the purpose of the final document. In the printing world, there is something called "Lines Per Inch" (LPI)A line consists of halftone points (aka physical dots used by the printer)In the printing world, the appropriate LPI to be used is measured by the distance the print is meant to be viewd at.The Chart is as follows.
Distance Present Study20 feet greater than10LPI
18 feet 18.75 LPI or greater
16 feet 18.75 LPI or greater
14 feet 37.5 LPI or greater
12 feet 37.5 LPI or greater
10 feet 50 LPI or greater
8 feet 65 LPI or greater
6 feet 85 LPI or greater
4 feet 100 LPI or greater
2 feet 133 LPI or greater
1 foot 150 LPI or greater
6 in 150 LPI or greater
Multply the LPI into2 to get the appropriate DPI for your document. (:
I always recommend240 to300dpi if any publications are to be printed at A4+ of course this all depends on the amount of information the printer can handle but realisticially300dpi will get you most of what you're after. Generally I keep all my work at300dpi in case my clients expect a larger version on print at a specialist printer.
300dpi
All of the answers are correct, especially100%on the review before print using any printer to get good quality.
Other answers gives an idea of suitable reselution depending on the aimed printout. If you are designing for huge print, my recomendation is do design on ratio mesures for the actual one with resolution of300 dpi,600 dpi,1200 dpi. For example,7cm X10 cm with any resolution for print of7m X10m. As some suggested before me300 dpi is the common one. I hope this help.