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Why 300ppi? Requirements-based methodology for determining digitization project specs
Matt Pearson
  DOI :  10.2352/issn.2168-3204.2011.8.1.art00042  Published Online :  January 2011
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This article shares some helpful advice and vocabulary for understanding how to determine digitization “resolution” based on need. It demystifies a key guideline established in many best practices and technical guidelines and explains why we sometimes do need 300ppi.

Journal Title : Archiving Conference
Publisher Name : Society of Imaging Science and Technology
Publisher Location : 7003 Kilworth Lane, Springfield, VA 22151, USA
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Matt Pearson, "Why 300ppi? Requirements-based methodology for determining digitization project specs"  in Proc. IS&T Archiving 2011,  2011,  pp 187 - 192,  https://doi.org/10.2352/issn.2168-3204.2011.8.1.art00042

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Why 300ppi? Requirements-based methodology for determining digitization project specs
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This article shares some helpful advice and vocabulary for understanding how to determine digitization “resolution” based on need. It demystifies a key guideline established in many best practices and technical guidelines and explains why we sometimes do need 300ppi.