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Re: Scanning Photos

MarkBau1 wrote:

> To sum up:
> A scanner's resolution is measured in samples per inch
>
> A printer or imagesetter's resolution is measured in dots per inch.
>
> A monitor's resolution is measured is pixels per inch.

This is all irrelevant.  Scan the pictures at whatever resolution you like,
because, the display will always show as the monitor's PPI.  What people really
need to know, is how many pixels wide the pictures should be, as a 600 pixel wide
image will display the same at 72 DPI as it will at 300DPI.

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