Thread: About Laser Printer Resolution

Resolution is most important feature than any other feature of laser printer. From documents to photographs, you want printouts to look sharp. Knowing printer resolution is a main step in obtaining print quality you want.

Definition

1. Print resolution is a phrase explaining a printer's potential print quality. Many printers have changeable print resolutions for various types of jobs.
Measuring Print Resolution

2. Print resolution is calculated in dots per inch, or "dpi." The higher the dpi, the greater the print quality. Most laser printers present up to 600 dpi; though, more costly models present 1200 dpi printing.
Determining the Proper Resolution

3. It's essential to remember that higher print resolutions utilize more toner. Daily printing like documents or e-mails won't need high-resolution printing. Though you want to utilize a higher resolution when printing graphics, mainly photographs.
Selecting a Print Resolution

4. Utilize print driver window to choose wanted resolution for print jobs. Generally resolution is chosen using presets like draft, "economode," normal, maximum and so on. The wording varies from company to company. Every preset has a particular dpi linked with it.
Enhanced Resolution

5. Many printer companies have developed proprietary technologies that successfully "increase" the resolution further than a printer's mechanical abilities. HP's "Resolution Enhancement Technology" (REt), "FastRes 1200" and Brother's "HQ1200" are instances of this technology.

i agree and i was confused like many photographers who have learned that output is generally done at 300 dpi.
It is important to understand that when we talk about resolution in a photo inkjet printer we are talking about different dots. The image will produce the optimal output when set to 360 dpi. These dots are the pixels in the image itself. The other dots are the tiny droplets of ink that the printer lays down to produce the image. It takes more than one droplet of ink to produce each pixel of your image. The smaller those dots, the better the color fidelity and quality of the final print in theory.
Based on repeated testing under a variety of situations, I have come to the conclusion that there is no benefit to printing on a photo inkjet printer at an output quality setting higher than 1440 dpi. While there are many features that determine which printer is right for you, I would take any claims of resolution over 1440 dpi for any printer with the proverbial grain of salt.

Answer is to size your image file to 360 dpi for optimal output quality, and then set the quality setting of your printer to 1440 dpi. Lower values will likely result in banding, and higher values wont provide any visible improvement in quality.

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