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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Instead of 4,096 colors, it can produce over 50,000, all at 300 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

In contrast, virus titers in the nose swabs of the ferrets collected at 1 to 4 dpi throughout 10 serial passages with A/H5N1 revealed no changes in patterns of virus shedding.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 21, 2012

POB believes it can bring resolution up to 600 dpi, but an interpolation process from 400 to 600 is more likely.

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