Before you purchase premium photo paper allowing you to print your digital photos at home there are certain things to consider when you prepare for digital print. It can't be as easy as upload in print in some cases. However, if you want the best quality clears resolution as well as the most vibrant colors; follow these steps which are used by professional photographers and graphic artists whenever they print.



First off, you may have seen the 2 acronyms, ppi and dpi. Many people confuse them to be the same thing. They do roughly share the same principle (defining the resolution of your photos) but are used in totally different stages of the photography/ printing process.

PPI means pixels per inch. This can be thought of as an input unit such as how many pixels are captured by your members to censor when you take a picture. If you have a lower PPI, you can increase the DPI all you wish but you will still have a very small picture. Should you choose to enlarge the photograph it will become very grainy and blurry which is also known as pixelation.

Images become pixelated when there are not enough pixels in the image to accurately represent every color and line. Therefore, you get a lot she mosaic appearance. You can tell when the resolution is too low because lines are not as smooth as they should be and colors can appear blotchy.

This is where camera quality matters because the more pixels in the photo, the more flexibility you have with the size and resolution. The better the input, the better the outcome will be.

Dpi is actually a component of the printing process. It means dots per inch and refers to offset printing. If you have examined a newspaper or magazine up close, you have probably noticed a series of tiny dots that blend together to form the image.