Advice on Printing Problem

[Ainz]

First off i appologize if this post is too vague/in the wrong spot/stupid/etc.....

I have never really worked with Photoshop....but i have photoshop CS on my computer, and to save money, i decided to make my own flyers for a show. They turned out good enough for me...although obviously they arent anything close to what ya'll are making.......
but heres my issue.....
When it prints...its extremely pixelated.... and i know that its not a printer problem because its being printed on a top of the line xerox printer (can find out the exact model if needed) I assume i need to go in somewhere and change the DPI or resolution and that should work, but i thought i would ask on here since all of you know a whole hell of a lot more than me.......

I know that this is probably a small problem that ya'll dont want to deal with, but like i said.....i'm new to the game and can only hope to excell.......Thanks in advance

here is a link to the work if anyone wants to see it

 

[DubbA]

when you were making the flyer was the resolution 72ppi,you can change it to 300ppi and that might help . If you need info dont understand just write back PEACE

 

[Mr. Samos]

It sounds like the image is too small and the settings when you print are blowing it up to a bigger size.

Design your flyer at 4" x 6" if your printing them out yourself. If your going to get the flyers pressed add a .25" bleed on to the size, and keep all the important objects/text inside the safety at about 3.75" x 5.75". Always design at 300 DPI CMYK.

If you do that (4" x 6" @ 300-DPI CMYK) the prints should turn out as good as they can get on whatever your working with.

 

[Ainz]

Fist off, thanks for the quick replies...i'm tryin to get this situation handled by the end of the night so i appreciate the responses.....

when you were making the flyer was the resolution 72ppi,you can change it to 300ppi and that might help . If you need info dont understand just write back PEACE

I have no idea...... A buddy of mine STARTED the flyer.... and i just took his idea and ran with it......so i didnt set up the file or anything......where do i find the ppi settings?.....



@ Mr. Samos
the file size is 4.25 x 5.5 inches......quarter page...and i did leave space on the outsides.......and the printer is printing 4 per page so its definately NOT blowing it up......
300 DPI CMYK? - is it too late to change to that? where do i find the setting?

 

[Mr. Samos]

In photoshop you can change the image settings by going to Image>Image Size

What you want to do is change the Resolution: 72 DPI to 300 DPI

The problem is now it's blown up, so you lose quality. In order to have a proper image it must be done right from the start.

You can change it to CMYK by going to Image>Mode and selecting CMYK but if it's in RGB right now then it probably won't help.