Image 292 dpi, will print at 300 dpi

Hello, I'm working on a magazine and we would really like to have a certain photo, but unfortunately it's a bit too small. When placed and resized correctly InDesign tells me that the image is at 292 dpi, it will be printed at 300 dpi. I understand that this could be printer specific, but how do you think the result will be? Will 8 dpi off be noticeable? Of course if possible I will print that specific image. But if not, would you take the risk of having an image at 292 dpi hoping it will be alright?
EDIT: Oh, some info: it's going to be printed on A4, the photo in question will be 213 mm x 88.25 mm at the top of the page.

All image resolution requirements that you may here are generally really guidelines. Assuming you are printing via either a PDF or PostScript workflow, all the images are resampled during the RIP's separation and halftoning process anyway. Don't sweat over the difference between 292dpi and 300dpi (although some under-educated prepress people may claim that the 292dpi is not good enough and refuse to print it.
- Dov

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Yes if you do not resample not a single pixel is changed. The number of pixels remain the same as does the File size and image aspect ratio. All that changes is the size of a pixel the resolution the pixel density the dpi. Pixels have no size till you specify the resolution. 300dpi means that there are 9000 pixel per square inch each is square 1/300"x1/300" when the resolution is 100DPI there are 1000 pixels per inch each is 1/100"x1/100" the 100DPI image is 9 times larger then the 300DPI image it is 3 times wider and 3 times higher.
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