Illustrator saves PNGs with much lower resolution than instructed to

Question

Hello there,

I need to save my artwork as a PNG file (4500x5700px) with a resolution of 300 dpi for printing, but no matter what I do, Illustrator saves it as a 72 dpi image.

I have seen other posts with the same issue, but they have not gotten a response.

Things I have tried:

Set the rasterize option at 300dpi (first when creating a doc, then on Effects > Rasterize just to make sure)
Export for Screens > scale: x1, format: PNG
Export for Screens > resolution: 300ppi, format: PNG
Export as > PNG [I tried both ways: with the "Use Artboards" option checked and unchecked]
Export > Save for web > PNG-24 with transparency checked and the Optimize for Illustration option selected

No matter what I do, when I go to file explorer or Photoshop, the image is set to 72 dpi.

What I do not want to do:

Having to resize the image in Photoshop (if I wanted to resize a PNG I wouldn't be using Illustrator)
Saving it as PDF (I would love to, but the platform I intend on selling my designs on does not accept any other format than PNG)

What can I do to have my artwork saved as a 300 dpi PNG?

Thank you kindly,

Nuria

Nuria_Smith · Answer

Oh, I forgot to mention:

I've also tried saving the image as PSD, and it actually saves as a 300dpi PSD. However, the image size is waaaaaay larger (16094x18716px) than the one I created on Illustrator (4500x5700px).

I need a very specific size, so this method kinda sucks (any help is welcome!). Also, Illustrator should be able to save a 300dpi PNG without having to look for any workaround.

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