Well, yes, that's true but the two are alangous: 1
pixel = 1 dot, ergo, DPI=PPI. That's why my Nikon
scanner is billed as a "4000 dpi" scanner.

But, yes, technically the setting when scanning is
Pixels per Inch, not Dots per Inch. However, most
people use them interchangeably.

-Brendan

--- Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Bzzzt!  Wrong.  You get pixels per inch from a
> scanned file, not dots per
> inch.  That's PPI not DPI.  DPI is used when
> printing.
> 
> Shel
> 
> 
> 
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Brendan MacRae 
> 
> > Depends on on dpi.
> >
> > I can get 550M sized file sizes at 4000dpi from a
> 6x7
> > scan.
> 
> 
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