Often when graphics/images are pulled from web pages, or copied out of other digital publications, the resolution is set too low for printing (typically 72 dpi). The blocky appearance is known as pixelation. When considering the use of Internet graphics for your printed work, you will want to take a few things into consideration. If you want your publication to look its best, it is worth the time and effort to locate the original image or find another suitable graphic. When using graphics for print work it is always a good idea to have them scanned at 300 dpi or higher. This will prevent your graphics from becoming pixelated. Another reason for pixelated or blocky graphics is that the “link” to them has been lost in the layout software. Commonly this will happen if you do not send your graphics along with your publication. When opened on a different computer from the one in which it was created, the document only has an “idea” of what the images looked like and prints them out as such.