33FotoPrisaspecific programs or equipments. Here we don’t recommendthese formats for FotoPrisa Printer.4.3 Choose the appropriate image source for the fileto be printedTo get a perfect printout with FotoPrisa Printer, first, there are 3points needed to really take care of for choosing an appropriateimage input:Image sizeBefore we go into the topic, there are several important termsto know in advance.A digital image is composed of a minimum unit called pixel.With the variation of pixel properties, you can create variouseffects to the image. To measure the density of pixels (orresolution) in an image, we use dpi (dots per inch) to seehow delicate the image will be to our eyes. If an image iscomposed of more pixels, it has larger image size. If the imagehas higher resolution, it will seem more delicate and details inthe image can be presented more clearly.FotoPrisa Printer is a 4" x 6" photo printer at a resolution of 300x 300dpi or 300 x 600 dpi. Actually the maximum print area (fullsize) is about 4” x 5”, or 1200 pixels (=300dpi x 4”) x 1500pixels (=300dpi x 5”). Therefore, in order to have a full-size,true-color printout, it’s better to find out an original image ofwhich data size is bigger than the wanted maximum image size(resolution x print area, that is, larger than 1250 pixels x 1500pixels). Thus we can fully utilize the advantage of the 300dpiresolution offered by the printer.Of course, it's hard to always get an image bigger than what weneed to print. Indeed that will not be a big matter if we got asomewhat smaller image size, the printout can be still vivid toour eyesight via FotoPrisa Printer. However, if the image sizeyou choose is much smaller (under half of the wanted maximumimage), either you sacrifice the resolution to have a more blurprintout or you can only get a smaller size of printout without