Bill Ensley <bill <at> bearprinting.com> writes: > > I have responded time and time again to this issue. > > I am posting this again so that it goes into the mailing list archives. > > Images do not have a DPI. Period. > > Images are made of Pixels. > > You make your DPI when you scale an image in a document. > > A 300x300 pixel image is 300DPI when sized to 1 inch x 1 inch. > > A 300x300 pixel image is 100DPI when sized to 3 inch x 3 inch. > > A 3 inch x 3 inch placement will need to be a 900 x 900 pixel image > To have 300DPI. > > Pixels / inches = DPI. > > It really is that simple. > > -Bill Ensley > www.bearprinting.com
Hi Bill, I totally understand. I guess the confusion comes into play when you insert that image into a pdf that's displaying on screen at 72 or 110 dpi. If I'm scaling it via inches it might make more sense than scaling it via pixels. Dominic ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Do you like iText? Buy the iText book: http://www.1t3xt.com/docs/book.php Or leave a tip: https://tipit.to/itexttipjar
