Help with page size and dpi

hello, i am about to render an autocad drawing in Photoshop, i need to print this out on a piece of paper that is 36 x 48, pretty large
should the image be 300 dpi to not be pixelated when i print it out?
also, i am doing this on a laptop, the file size be huge, right? worried about it crashing a lot , thanks for any advice i am pretty new to photoshop

rupertsandy wrote:
thanks for the help!! here is some more info
these will be hanging on a wall closet reviewers will be probably be couple feet away
i am going to have them printed at a professional print place who do lots of Architecture plans, so I am assuming they have the ability and machines to
print it the way i would need it printed, if I need to ask them about this, what questions should i ask?
ah good! then the answer is, ask the printer! (always ask the printer when using a pro service, that's part of what you're paying them for!) they should be able to tell you precisely how to set up your file for best output on their machines.
good luck, dave

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> hello, everyone.
> I am in the process of designing a new website for
myself, and while I was
> researching nicely designed pages to use as inspiration,
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> this
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http://www.jeffsarmiento.com/
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> of
> web mechanics that I have been trying to figure out, so
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> an example.
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> bulk
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