Screens don't have a DPI at all actually, - DPI is for how many pixels per inch 
the image will print at.

Using the screens 72 PPI, if you increase the DPI of the image, it makes it 
larger on screen and more detailed on paper. 

Here, this explains it better than I can:

http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:QMgVXNfaxMwJ:graphicdesign.about.com/library/weekly/aa070998.htm

GJK  

At 05:26 AM 8/8/2006, you wrote:
>Thus spake "Brent Easton":
>[snip]
>> 
>> In the language of resolution, computer screens display around 72 dpi.
>>
>
>This is approximately true if you have a 15" monitor at 800x600, but 
>most likely your actual screen dpi is between 90 and 100.
>
>http://www.joahua.com/blog/2005/07/27/computer-screen-dpi-myth-and-other-misconceptions
>
>-- 
>J.



 
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