Whether or not people are wrong in equating dots and pixels the terms are often used interchangeably since monitor resolution is measured (or used to be anyway) in "dot pitch." Hence part of the confusion between dpi and ppi.
My scanner also measures pixels per inch but even the side of the box reads "4000 DPI." So, perhaps some of criticism for the confusing nomenclature should be leveled at Nikon (and others). After all, it's a scanner not a printer, right? -Brendan --- Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Most people are wrong, and I wonder if, in fact, > "most" people use the > terms interchangeably. Perhaps many do. A pixel is > not a dot. I don't > know where your Nikon is billed as a 4000dpi > scanner. Mine shows pixels > per inch right in the palette menu. > > I do believe that those who are going to communicate > technical and > important data should use the correct terminology, > especially when they > know the correct terminology, lest there be > confusion and > misunderstanding. BTW, I don't believe the two are > "analogous." > > Shel > > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Brendan MacRae > > > 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. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
