Save as 300dpi problem

[drslim2]

I wish to export and save the label (attached) as a jpeg or png image at 300dpi.
It needs to be 300dpi as needs to be printed. However, when I Export Jpeg or PNG and change the resolution to 300dpi, the label size increases to 1621px X 585px
How do I export it at 300pdi so that the label saved remains the same size as the original .xar file?

Thanks

[handrawn]

you are misunderstanding the way the UI and export work

the reason that it changes to 1621 is because 1621pix divided by 300 [for 300dpi] is 5.4inches is 137.24mm which should be correct bearing in mind that when I opened it in xara the 'actual' size was 137.2mm [to one decimal place]

note: if you want real accuracy, make sure your work is in whole pixels/units, and/or you set your UI decimal points to several places [this needs to be done in windows operating system]

[drslim2]

Ok but how do I export the label and save it as the same size at 300dpi?
I have attached 2 saved images. The 1st one is saved as 96dpi and is the correct size after export.
The 2nd is saved as 300dpi but much bigger.

The 96dpi is no good for printing (it has to be imported by another program before printing).

[handrawn]

can I just clarify - you want it to print at 137mm wide at 300dpi - right?

if that is the case then your exported image needs to be 1618 pixels wide - if you have made it exactly 127mm wide in xara, and you export at 300dpi, this should be the pixel width of your image after you export it - are you saying that is no what you are getting?

[drslim2]

Ok, i have changed the label in the xara file to pixels from mm to keep things standard.
The label size is now 500px wide by 180px high.
I now wish to Export as JPG and keep these same dimensions but the final jped file must be high quality 300dpi.
However, when I export it, the jpeg size changes to 1565px X 564px when trying to save as 300dpi

[handrawn]

ok - but the 500 pix is at 96 dpi - 500 divided by 96 is 5.20833.. - 5.208333.. multiplied by 300 is 1562.5 - close to the 1565 result you have, not spot on though so can you upload that file?

if you meanwhile export at 300 dpi and then import the result into a new xar file what size does it comes in at? [note the status bar at the bottom should report it at 300dpi]