J&D Photo

Resolution Guide A digital image is a rectangle made up of many small squares of color called pixels. The number of pixels across the width and height of the image is called the resolution. An image that is 640 pixels wide and 480 pixels high is proportionate to a 4x5.3 not a 4x6. We can make any size of prints from almost any image resolution. But the print quality may not be acceptable when we make too large of prints from smaller image files. Please refer to the tables below to see if your image sizes are big enough for the print size. Digital Camera Images
MegaPixel Size	Image Resolution	Outstanding Print (*fine compression)	Very Good Print	Fair Print
1	480 x 640		Wallets	Up to 4x6
1.2	768 x 1024	Wallets	Up to 4x6	Up to 5x7
1.5	1024 x 1280	Up to 3x5	Up to 5x7	Up to 8x10
2	1200 x 1600	Up to 4x6	Up to 6x8	Up to 8x10
2.5	1368 x 1712	Up to 4x6	Up to 6x8	Up to 8x10
3	1536 x 2048	Up to 5x7	Up to 8x10	Up to 11x14
4	1800 x 2400	Up to 6x8	Up to 9x12	Up to 12x16
6	2016 x 3040	Up to 8x10	Up to 11x14	Up to 12x18
7	2304 x 3072	Up to 8x10	Up to 11x14	Up to 16x20
8	2448 x 3264	Up to 8x10	Up to 12x16	Up to 16x20
10	3648 x 2736	Up to 9x12	Up to 12x18	Up to 20x26
12	4000 x 3000	Up to 10x13	Up to 16x20	Up to 20x26
* All files, sizes & print quality were determined by their camera's highest resolution setting using the standard 7:1 JPEG ratio

If you image to be scanned is	And the print size you want back is	Outstanding Print Scan	Very Good Print Scan	Fair Print Scan
4x6 or 5x7	4x6, 5x7	300 dpi	200 dpi	100 dpi
	8x10, 11x14	600 dpi	300 dpi	150 dpi
	16x20, 18x24, 20x30	1200 dpi	600 dpi	300 dpi
8x10 or 11x14	4x6, 5x7	150 dpi	100 dpi	72 dpi
	8x10, 11x14	300 dpi	150 dpi	100 dpi
	16x20, 18x24, 20x30	600 dpi	300 dpi	150 dpi
* All files, sizes & print quality were determined by their camera's highest resolution setting using the standard 7:1 JPEG ratio