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This wikiHow teaches you how to adjust the print resolution of your images on a PC or Mac. Increasing the resolution increases the number of pixels displayed per inch, which improves the quality of the printed photos.

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1. Make a copy of the image. You are going to edit the copy, because if you decide to lower the resolution, the quality of the original will decrease. If you have a copy, you can go back to the original image without losing quality.
2. Open the copy in your image editing software. Apps like Photoshop and Gimp are excellent for adjusting picture quality.
3. Click on the menu Image. This is the name of the menu in Photoshop, but it may have a different name in another app. Make sure the menu you click has a menu item that is Image size or Size hot.
4. click on Image size.
5. Type the desired resolution in the "Resolution" box. If the option is given, select Pixels / Inch as a better guideline.
   • If you change the resolution, you also adjust the width and height. This is because you are only changing the resolution, not adding pixels (usually pixels are added when changing the image size).
6. click on OK. The image will now be printed at a higher resolution.
   • If you lower the resolution of the same image, you can print it in a larger size, but the resolution will be lower than the original.
7. Save your work. You can usually do this through Ctrl+S. or ⌘ Command+S..