The standard image resolution for printing is 300 dots or pixels per inch (300 dpi). We will print files at less that 300 dpi with your approval, but you may not satisfied with the result.

Printed images of less than 300dpi resolution will appear fuzzy or blurred, also know as pixelated. The less the resolution, the more pixelated the printed result. As we see from the sample below, the low resolution image on the left will not print well.

Unfortunately, low resolution images cannot be converted into high-resolution images because there are only so many pixels in the original. You can't create pixels were there aren't any. Web graphics are a common example of low resolution (72dpi) images that do not print well. 

Theoretically, resolutions greater than 300 dpi should produce better results because there is more data contained in the image but this is not useful in practical application because of how commercial printing equipment operates and what the eye can really perceive. Resolutions greater than 300 dpi can dramatically increase file size with no other benefit.

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