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Guys, As far as the resolution question: The Stylus Color can print at 720 dots-per-inch (dpi). However, these dots can only be white (paper color), or 1 of the three ink colors plus black. Now we are trying to represent something like 17 million colors with just these 5 choices (i.e., a pixel on your screen can be any one of 17 million colors). So if you have a pixel on your screen for each dot printed by the printer, you obviously can't get there. However, a cluster of dots can represent many different colors (some math whiz can figure out that a 3 by 3 matrix of 5 colors can reproduce all 17 million possibilities). This basic unit or "dot cluster" that is needed to reproduce all the needed colors is called a "line". Therefore, the Stylus at 720 dots-per-inch (dpi) can print 240 lines-per-inch (lpi). And each "line" is a cluster of dots than can represent any of the 17 million colors. This difference between dpi and lpi is critical. Now, you want to print your screen, which has PIXELS, which can be expressed as pixels-per-inch (ppi). Here is the logic: 1. Pixels can be any of 17 million colors 2. Dots can be only 1 of 5 colors 3. Not a match – therefore, you don't need a ppi equal to dpi to print 4. Lines can be any of 17 million colors – 5. BINGO – we have a match – you need to print to a lpi which is the same as your ppi (or, of more interest, you need to make a graphic of the same ppi as the lpi of your output printer, which is 120 lpi for Stylus in 360 dpi mode, and 240 lpi for Stylus in 720 dpi mode) 6. BONUS – i have had good luck with still graphics by creating them at 120 ppi and them converting them to 240 ppi in Photoshop 3 – you might want to try it. Hope this helps – I was very confused by all of this when I started so I know it's confusing! Dennis