Well, let's see if I can say it a different way: Looking in Photoshop, an image... (1) 3000 x 3000 pixels and 300 DPI will print an image 10 inches by 10 inches. (2) 3000 x 3000 pixels and 72 DPI will print an image 41.667 inches by 41.667 inches. (and "we" don't want that so...) ...we come to (3) Change image #2 described above to make it print out a 10 x 10 inch image by coding 300 DPI in the resolution and restoring our original values to 3000 x 3000 (from 12500) the original pixel size. My contention is this: Printing (1) above will result in a less-distorted image that printing (3) (the one that underwent size adjustment and algorithm computation). And IF my contention is correct, then there IS a slight benefit to having an image created at the pixel size one needs instead of having to adjust it later. Of course, I could just be wrong (LOL).