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Creative Glossary > Digital Fine Art Print Making > Dots Per Inch / Pixels Per Inch
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Term: Dots Per Inch / Pixels Per Inch
Subcategory: General
Definition: Dots per inch or pixels per inch are the units of measurement used by the output device quality of print.   It relates to the number of pixels or dots that a printer is capable of printing in each inch. For example, a print at 72dpi will have 5184 dots on one square inch or the paper (72 x 72).  It may also relate to the pixels or the dots per inch of an image that is scanned.

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