Printed images are pixelating

Images already printed clearly, are pixelating when I copy and then past as layers onto a new canvas.
This is a proceedure I have used many times in the past, and am quite surprised, and lost, about the reasons for it.
Any help on this question?

Hi, Trevor,
The light came on, and the problem corrected...knew it was something simple,and upon reading your response, realized that another adjustment I was using (setting the canvas size to the media size) was creating the problems with the pixels.
Thanks for your quick response.
Randy P. Green
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