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How does a pixel x pixel measurement translate to DPI?

I've been asked to provide a client with an image that are 700 pixels x 700 pixels. How does this translate into DPI?


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DPI is usually used when referring to a printer. I've found a short, well written page about it if you're interested.

Here's the link.

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Basically... You don't - at least not directly.

Pixels are an on-screen measurement and DPI is a print measurement.  However, when you print an image, you can usually specify the print density.  A 700x700 image printed at 300dpi will be four times as large when printed than at 600dpi. (Yes, four times... Two times width x two times height = 4 times.)  300 dpi used to be the common print density.  Now it's getting to be 600dpi, depending on the printer and how old it is.  Some printers default even higher now.

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If you take a look at screen resolution specifications, you'll note that different monitors (LCD and CRT) have different dot pitch for the pixels.  For example: a 17-inch monitor with resolution of 1280x1024 pixels will have a smaller dot pitch than a 17-inch monitor with resolution of 1024x768.

A wild guess: The client probably wants the specific size (700x700) to fit their web page dimensions, and to 


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I have a 800 pixel camera, can i get 300 DPI for the printer?


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