On Oct 19, 2006, at 5:14 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote: > 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?
Just for curiosity I fired up my Epson Scan driver to see what it says. Under "Resolution" it has a place to fill in the desired number and is labeled "DPI" . I couldn't load SilverFast AI right now because my film scanner isn't connected to my computer, so I don't know if it also uses dpi. I halfway remember that it does. I do think the term has become generic, even if sometimes incorrect. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
