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dpi

American

dots per inch: a measure of resolution used for printed text or images, the more dots per inch, the higher the resolution.

dpi British

abbreviation

dots per inch: a measure of the resolution of a typesetting machine, computer screen, etc

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Black and white E Ink has a crisp resolution of 300 dpi, but Kaleido, depending on the version, is 100 to 150 dpi.

From The Verge ● Apr. 25, 2022

Print resolution goes as high as 9600 dpi with photo sizes up to 13″ x 19″.

From Time ● Feb. 12, 2015

The final images were 8 x 10 inches at 300 dpi, around 2 megabytes per file.

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2012

From passage 6 onward, in addition to the samples described above, a nasal wash was also collected at 3 dpi.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 21, 2012

Obviously, more is better, but it would be very rare to need more than 600 dpi for PG work.

From The Project Gutenberg FAQ 2002 by Tinsley, Jim

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