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DPI stands for Dots per inch. It is a measure of printing quality, where the amount of individual ink dots are measured over one linear inch of the printed material.
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In laymans terms, DPI measures how clear an image would be on paper if printed.
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Examples of high DPI would be laser printers.
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Examples of low DPI would be old dot-matrix printers.

Latest revision as of 13:59, 6 March 2009

DPI stands for Dots per inch. It is a measure of printing quality, where the amount of individual ink dots are measured over one linear inch of the printed material.

In laymans terms, DPI measures how clear an image would be on paper if printed.

Examples of high DPI would be laser printers. Examples of low DPI would be old dot-matrix printers.