Pro tip: I keep seeing people export their digital paintings at 72 DPI for prints and it's a mess.

I work at a local print shop in Austin and we get files from digital artists all the time. At least once a week, someone sends a beautiful piece but it's set to 72 DPI, so it prints super tiny and pixelated. The other side says DPI doesn't matter if the pixel dimensions are big enough, but that's not how our printers read the file data. Which side is right, and what's your actual workflow for getting prints made?

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davis.ruby6h ago

Our large format printer ignores DPI metadata completely.

nora_walker574h ago

Honestly that sounds like a feature... one less thing to mess up before hitting print.