Dots Per Inch - Proposed Metrification

Proposed Metrification

See also: dots per centimetre

There is some ongoing efforts to abandon DPI in favour of metrication, giving the inter-dot spacing in dots per centimetre (dpcm) or micrometres (µm). A resolution of 72 DPI for example equals a resolution of about 28 dpcm or an inter-dot spacing of about 350 µm.

Conversion table
DPI
(dot/in)		 dpcm
(dot/cm)		 Pitch
(µm/dot)
72 28 350
96 38 265
150 59 169
300 118 85
2540 1000 10
4000 1575 6

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