Current Help System: PC-DMIS Settings Editor (View Core Help)

### Max Print Resolution

Defines the dots per inch (dpi) that your printing device will generate when printing CAD images. You can change this value to define the proper balance between file size and image quality to suit your needs. The default value is 1,000,000 dpi thereby effectively using any printer's maximum print resolution capacity. If you define a value less than your printer's maximum print resolution you will see a decrease in file size. For example, if your printer can print up to 500 dpi but you change the entry to a smaller value, like 70 dpi, you will notice a decrease in file size. Note that older versions of PC-DMIS (such as version 3.7) used the screen resolution of 96 dpi.

MaxPrintResolution only comes into play if the value is smaller than the print resolution reported by the print driver.

Entry Name: MaxPrintResolution

Entry Type: Whole Number specifying the print resolution. Default value is none (1000000), which effectively causes this value to be ignored.

Below are some examples of how different values might affect the size of the created PDF.

Max Print | PDF-Size
48 | 444
72 | 867
96 | 1250