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  • Products
    • Airflyte Recognition Awards
    • Magic of Crystal Products
    • Premier Corporate Collection
    • Laser engraved wood plaques
    • Laser engraved acrylastone plaques
    • Sublimated plaques
    • Name Badges
    • Memorial Markers
    • Glass Etching Examples
    • Scribe Engraving Examples
    • Laser Etched Metal
    • Tags, Signs & Panels >
      • Legend Plates
  • Video
  • Contact
  • Helpful Information
    • Choosing the perfect Award
    • Font samples
    • Explanation of bitmap image resolution
    • Ideas for award titles
    • Basic elements of a layout
    • Sending art guidelines
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72 dots tall image as seen on screen.

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It would engrave this size (about 1/4" tall) at 300 dpi.

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What it would look like enlarged and engraved at 1 inch tall.

Explanation of Image Resolution
( dpi = dots per inch )
Bitmap images are made up of a grid of square dots. Each dot can either be black or white.

So let's say for example you have a logo image file that is 72 dots tall...

Typical resolution of your computer screen is 72 dpi, so, viewed on screen it will be 1 inch tall and look pretty good.

Engraving resolution is 300 dpi, so that same image engraved will be about 1/4" inch tall.

Enlarging that same image to 1" tall for engraving will look rough and jaggy. Why? because the quantity of dots remain the same, they just get larger.


Quality Engraving (or printing on paper) requires 300 to 600 dpi resolution —at the size to be engraved.

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Example of good high resolution image for engraving
Laser Accents logo
Laser Accents, Inc.
929 Lincolnway East
Goshen, IN 46526
Phone: 574.534.0880
FAX: 574.534.0729
Hours: M-F 9-5:30
email: sales@laseraccents.com

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