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Print size calculator

Find the maximum print size of an image from its pixel dimensions and DPI.

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Enter Width (px), Height (px), DPI and the Print size calculator works out Width (inches), Height (inches), Width (cm) straight away. For instance, with Width (px) = 3,000, Height (px) = 2,000 and DPI = 300 it returns Width (inches) = 10, Height (inches) = 6.667 and Width (cm) = 25.4.

How to use it

  1. Enter your values: Width (px), Height (px), DPI.
  2. Read the result instantly: Width (inches), Height (inches), Width (cm).

Frequently asked questions

How does the Print size calculator work?

It takes Width (px), Height (px) and DPI and derives Width (inches), Height (inches) and Width (cm) from them. The calculation is live as you type, so the result updates on every change.

Which values does the calculator ask for?

3 values: Width (px), Height (px) and DPI. Nothing else is required — no account, no file upload.

What does a typical calculation look like?

With Width (px) = 3,000, Height (px) = 2,000 and DPI = 300, the calculator returns Width (inches) = 10, Height (inches) = 6.667 and Width (cm) = 25.4. Those figures come from running this exact tool, so you can reproduce them by entering the same values.

When would I actually use this?

Finding out how big a thing will be before you make it: how many gigabytes an hour of footage takes, how long a file needs on the connection you have, how large a photo prints before it goes soft, what bitrate fits the budget you were given.

What is the most common mistake?

Taking the advertised connection speed as the transfer speed. A 100 Mb/s line is megabits, the file is in megabytes, and the eight-fold difference between them is where most download estimates go wrong — before overhead and contention take their own share.

What is the difference between the Print size calculator and the Screen size calculator?

This one returns Width (inches) and Height (inches); the Screen size calculator returns Height (cm). That is the whole difference — open the one whose figure you need.

Is there a tool for the next step?

Print Cost Calculator is the closest one after this: Work out the real cost per page and per job of printing — ink, paper, duplex and printer amortisation — and compare printing at home with a print shop.

What else is worth having open alongside it?

Audio file size calculator and Paper Size Reference (A4, Letter, ISO 216) — they come up in the same task often enough to be worth a second tab.

Where do the figures come from, and how current are they?

Byte prefixes follow the IEC convention where a kibibyte is 1 024 bytes and a kilobyte is 1 000 — drive makers use the second, operating systems often report the first, and a disk that shrinks on arrival is that gap and nothing else. Print sizing assumes 300 dpi unless you change it.

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