computer is 72 dots per inch. your desktop inkjet printer is often 300 dots per inch. this means one of two things: you print it and get an image that seems between 1/3 and 1/4 the size it 'was on screen'. Or you print it and the pixels are so big you could give them all their own names and pass out cigars. :) if you make a 1024 * 696 image that will be 3.4 by 2.3 inches in size. Only a few hairs bigger than your average drivers license. Let's say you want a good quality 8 1/2 by 11 inch print. That means you need to render to 2550 by 3300 pixels. And I would strongly recommend doing it in Ultra mode. This is one of those kinds of renders that you start when you go to bed. stop and save in the morning. And then restart the next evening before going to bed. For about a week most likely. At 72 DPI you will see the pixels. Even at 300 you'll see them a bit. If you have a printer that can do color higher than 300 dpi then you're lucky. To render for it just take it's color dpi max and multiply that by the dimension in inches you want on the final print. If you take it to a printer shop they might have a printer than has a dpi in the thousands. If you can afford to print on it then the render could take you a good year or two to complete. :)

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