DPI and pixels

Pixel (pixel)

Pixel or PX is a basic unit of a computer's screen device, which is a point. All other units have a fixed proportional Conversion Relationship with pixels. When all length units are displayed on the screen, they are converted to the number of pixels first and then displayed. Therefore, there is no essential difference between relative length and absolute length in computer screens. All units are actually pixels, and the difference is only different proportions.

 

DPI is short for "dot Per Inch. As the name suggests, it refers to the number of points in the length of each inch. We usually use DPI as the Resolution Unit for scanners and printers. The higher the value, the higher the resolution. At present, the optical resolution of scanners on the market is mainly 600 × 1200 dpi and 1200 × 2400 DPI. The optical resolution of a scanner consists of two numbers because the horizontal and vertical resolutions are different. A smaller number is usually a vertical resolution, that is, we generally distinguish the values used by the scanner resolution. That is to say, 600 × 1200 dpi scanners are usually referred to as 600 dpi.

 

The resolution of a computer monitor is about 72 dpi. This value is calculated in this way: for a 15-inch computer monitor, the horizontal length of the visible area is about 11.2, if the display mode is 800 × 600, the resolution is 800/11. 2 = 71.4. For a 17-inch computer display, the resolution will change to 1024. 8 = 80 in 768x1024/12 display mode.

 

DPI (DOT per inch) is also called the output resolution. The printer resolution is also called the output resolution. It refers to the maximum number of points that can be printed per inch in both the horizontal and vertical directions during output printing, it is usually represented by "dot/Inch", that is, DPI (DOT per inch. The so-called maximum resolution refers to the maximum resolution that the printer can print, that is, the maximum resolution of the print output. The printer resolution usually refers to the maximum resolution of the printer. At present, the resolution of the general laser printer is above 600 × 600dpi.

 

When raising the resolution, we need to understand two concepts: image resolution and output resolution. The image resolution is often expressed as the total number of pixels in each direction, such as 640x480 pixels and 1280x960 pixels. What determines the image output quality is the image output resolution, which describes the points (DPI) that can be generated per inch when the device outputs the image, in DPI, the two are correlated but not always equal.

 

DPI and pixels