Hi karlm, I happen to work for a magazine that requires that all digital images be at least 266 dpi and preferrably 300 dpi. Since we print at 133 lines per inch (uh oh, NOW I've really confused everybody!) 200 dpi should be perfectly acceptable. I have always been confused about our company's policy, since in some desperate instances we have used images as low as 219 dpi and they've looked perfectly fine. Maybe it will have the tiniest bit of a soft focus look to it, but not enough to really make a difference. So I agree with you, even tho I know the industry thinks otherwise :) A good rule of thumb...render LARGER than you think you will need. It's no problem at all to make an image smaller but making them larger is a disaster since image editors like Photoshop basically have to "guess" what color to make a pixel that doesn't as yet exist. It doesn't do a very good job. Also, for printing you need to account for bleed, grind off, etc. Laurie