Pixels per inch - how many to give to the printer?

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    If the printer does X pixels per inch, there is no reason to have more. I believe a normal color print (not negative or slide) is around 200-400 pixels per inch. You may find that pixels per inch (PPI) is not the same as dots per inch (dpi) on printers.
     
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