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From: murphyn@cell.mot.COM (Neal P. Murphy)
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Subject: Re: 72.27! (was Re: ruler.ps - an inch/point ruler of your very own)
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Date: 16 Jan 90 16:40:19 GMT
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merlyn@iwarp.intel.com (Randal Schwartz) writes:

>...
>OK, but if it *really* matters, it's 72.27 points per inch.  See
>...

Could someone be good enough to explain where the industry obtained
such an unusual number?

As an aside, one certainly can get a good ruler from a 300 dpi printer.
One must simply constrain his design to the resolution of the printer.

NPN