Professional Printing PPI
The professional print standard is 300ppi.
This is used by professional photographers and any time a photo is
printed in a magazine or other print publication.
Home Printing PPI
200ppi should be enough to get the quality you are looking for.
Megapixels and Print Size
Image size in Pixels (Virtual Size of Images) |
Mpixel rating |
Uncropped print size (inches) at 200ppi |
Uncropped print size (inches) at 300ppi |
| 640 x 480 | 0.3 | 3.2 x 2.4 | 2.1 x 1.6 |
| 1,024 x 768 | 0.8 | 5.1 x 3.8 | 3.4 x 2.5 |
| 1,280 x 960 | 1.2 | 6.4 x 4.8 | 4.2 x 3.2 |
| 1,632 x 1,224 | 2.0 | 8.2 x 6.1 | 5.4 x 4.1 |
| 2,240 x 1,488 | 3.3 | 11.2 x 7.4 | 7.5 x 5.0 |
| 2,272 x 1,704 | 3.9 | 11.4 x 8.5 | 7.6 x 5.7 |
| 2,590 x 1,920 | 5.0 | 13.0 x 9.6 | 8.6 x 6.4 |
| 3,008 x 2,000 | 6.0 | 15.0 x 10.0 | 10.0 x 6.7 |
| 4,536 x 3,024 | 13.7 | 22.7 x 15.1 | 15.1 x 10.1 |
| 5,782 x 3,946 | 22.8 | 28.9 x 19.7 | 19.3 x 13.2 |