Written by Anna on 16 May 2023. Posted in Blog.
Choosing the wrong DPI setting is one of the most common — and costly — mistakes organizations make when digitizing document archives. Scan too low and files become unusable for OCR, legal review, or AI processing. Scan too high and storage costs balloon, throughput slows, and projects run over budget.
This guide covers exactly what DPI to use for different document types — legal files, medical records, engineering drawings, historical archives, and AI training datasets. If you're managing a large scanning project, it also explains when DPI decisions are a signal to bring in a professional scanning service rather than handle it in-house.