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DPI – dots per inch

Vangie Beal
Last Updated May 24, 2021 7:41 am

Abbreviation of dots per inch, which indicates the resolution of images. The more dots per inch, the higher the resolution. A common resolution for laser printers is 600 dots per inch. This means 600 dots across and 600 dots down, so there are 360,000 dots per square inch.