Pixel To Paper Ratio

[Mike Soda]

I'm trying to make a basic text landscape orientated sign using the GIMP 2.8 & send it to someone for printing. Unfortunately because it's been several years since I've owned a printer I have no clue how big I should make it to fit the entire A4 sheet & be sharp. I've tried researching how many pixels that size of paper is & it claims a ridiculous 4960 x 7016. Additionally I'm not sure if those dimensions are referring to when the paper is viewed as a portrait or landscape. I know there's probably going to be options to shrink & make fit whatever is being printed prior, however the person who owns the printer isn't the brightest & will get lost if it isn't what they usually do.

 

What landscape orientated dimensions (pixels) should I make the sign so literally all they have to do is hit print without any adjustments?

[minibois]

For printing you'll want 300 dpi, some people like to work at double the size to be able to downscale.

 

In Gimp you can fill in the DPI and the physical size and you'll get a pixel amount too.

[Mike Soda]

1 hour ago, Minibois said:

For printing you'll want 300 dpi, some people like to work at double the size to be able to downscale.

 

In Gimp you can fill in the DPI and the physical size and you'll get a pixel amount too.

Thank you, we'll see how it works tomorrow or so.

[Mike Soda]

On 10/28/2017 at 11:11 PM, Minibois said:

For printing you'll want 300 dpi, some people like to work at double the size to be able to downscale.

 

In Gimp you can fill in the DPI and the physical size and you'll get a pixel amount too.

It worked, thank you again!