Many people might ignore printing resolutions during printing. Before printing foremost print documents you should know the difference between different printing resolutions.
In this article, we will discuss 150, 300, and 600 DPI, but before that let’s understand the meaning of DPI.
What is DPI?
DPI (Dots per Inch) is a resolution ability of the printer. It refers to the number of dots in the printed area. The higher the number of dots the higher the quality and sharpness of print will be.
Difference between 150, 300, and 600 DPI.
All the image resolutions can be understood by just a single image below.
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It’s important to keep in mind the printing process before determining the actual visible difference between different resolutions.
Overall Printing Process (Dye-Sublimation)
Dye sublimation is the process in which the designs are engraved on the paper. This paper is known as dye sublimation paper. Then the heat and pressure are applied to the paper and the fabric when they are passed from the machine so that the designs are transferred to the fabric.
The file with 150 dpi template, doesn’t seem low quality in the print as on the screen.
However 300 dpi will also be ok, but it will not have a bigger impact on the dye sublimation products.
The file output with more than 300dpi will have a higher and shape image. Like the image with 600 dpi will possess higher quality standards as compared to the image with 200 dpi.