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Changing DPI?

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wuzzle

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Dec 20, 2000
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I'm creating graphics in Corel 8 and want to print them at the same size they appear on my screen. I want to change the resolution of my graphic to 72 dpi. Where do I do this?

As it is now it's printing twice the size that it needs to be. I checked through the print properties and only found one place where I can change the resolution - In Print Setup I chose Custom Settings and changed the resolution to 360 from 720 and it printed out just the same size but looked alot more grainy.

Any help would be appreciated!

Thank you :D
 
I'm not sure what you're saying but I'll give my two cents worth. First off, why would you want to print something at 72dpi? Print quality is usually above 100dpi. 72dpi is a good standard for web graphics. If you're printing a vector type graphic, you do not need to change to 72dpi. If you have a jpg or gif you should see some shortcut type icons at the top of your screen when you have it selected. One icon will be labeled "resample" hit that and change the dpi there. Or go to "Bitmaps/Resample" and play around with those settings.

Second, there shouldn't be any reason you can't print the same size as what is on your screen. Is your graphic larger than the page? Is the graphic on the page, as opposed to the side? In the print properties, on the "layout" tab is "as in document" selected?
 
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