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How to Check the DPI of an Image (5 Easy Ways)

I once sent a photo to a print shop that looked perfect on my laptop, and it came back soft and pixelated. The file was 72 DPI. The screen never told me, because screens do not care about DPI, but the printer did. That gray, fuzzy 8x10 taught me to always check first. The quickest way to check the DPI of an image is to read the resolution value stored in its file, and you can do it in seconds…