: Want to print a menu but i started with low dimensions I designed a menu for a pizza restaurant but it seems that the dimensions and dpi is low. These are the dimensions, could someone tell

@Holmes874

4 color printing typically asks for imagery at 300dpi.

If the menu is 8" wide, then you need a horizontal resolution of 8x300 = 2400 pixels.

Note that the above is for imagery (photos, full color illustration, etc.). Text should ideally be set at an absolute minimum of 600dpi, and more preferably 1200dpi+. This is usually done by not setting type in a raster image editing tool like Photoshop, but using a vector based tool such as Illustrator or InDesign. This allows the type to be output at the highest supported resolution the printer supports.

You didn't mention the software you are using, but in general, Photoshop would not be the right tool for designing a menu.

UPDATE:

OK, based on your comments, I see the issue now. What you're being asked to do is to create a raster image of your vector file.

For starters, this is a bad idea and there's no real reason for this. If your client doesn't have Illustrator, you can still send them a vector file--PDF being the most common solution. I'd suggest you just send them the PDF. In fact, if they have a printer, you should be in communication directly with the printer (and nearly every printer should have a copy of Illustrator anyways).

All that said, if you truly must create a raster image for this, then you'll want to do the following:


Scale your illustrator file to the actual size you wanted it printed at
Export it as a raster image at a DPI of a minimum 300. Ideally higher if we're talking mostly text (600 or 12000) and at the actual size your image was set at in illustrator.

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