Re: PDF DPI

Rick Measham <rick-6wk1kIbWGY9Wo+R/V/U2/[email protected]> Fri, 29 May 2009 09:31:04 +1000
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Ray wrote:
> Can I affect the DPI that a document thinks it is. My documents are 
> defaulting to 72dpi, but I'm trying to create press ready docs and they 
> want to see 300dpi.

A PDF is resolution independent, so I'm guessing you're talking about 
including images in the file.

 From the documentation for PDF::API2::Content 
(http://search.cpan.org/~areibens/PDF-API2-0.73/lib/PDF/API2/Content.pm)

> Per default this has a 72dpi resolution, so if you want an image to have a 150 or 300dpi resolution, you should specify a scale of 72/150 (or 72/300) or adjust width/height accordingly.

Cheers!
Rick Measham

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