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

It can save images at up to 600 dpi, which isn’t huge, but is plenty for text and usable for images.

From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2012

Nasal-wash samples, collected at 3 dpi from ferrets at passage 10, were used in transmission experiments to test whether airborne-transmissible virus was present in the virus quasi-species.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 21, 2012

Legibility boils down to scan density, the standard in most cases being 300 dpi.

From Library of Congress Workshop on Etexts by Library of Congress

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