Convert Pixels per millimetre to Pixels per centimetre

Convert Pixels per millimetre (px/mm) to Pixels per centimetre (px/cm) instantly and accurately.

Conversion Formula

px/cm = px/mm × 10

About Pixels per millimetre

The pixel per millimetre (px/mm) is the resolution unit of precision in machine vision, flatbed scanning, and microscopy, where working distances are in millimetres. Industrial camera datasheets (Basler acA5472-17um, FLIR BFS-U3-200S6M-C) specify resolution in px/mm at defined field widths; a 20 MP sensor over a 100 mm field resolves 54.96 px/mm. ISO 12654 (archival scanning) specifies minimum 8 px/mm (≈ 200 PPI) for standard digitisation and 24 px/mm (≈ 600 PPI) for fine-detail originals. Digital pathology: Leica Aperio GT450 at 40× magnification achieves ≈ 4,405 px/mm. CMOS sensor pixel pitch has shrunk from 7.4 µm/px (≈ 135 px/mm, mid-2000s) to 0.64 µm/px (≈ 15,625 px/mm) for smartphone sensors in 2024. Since 1 in = 25.4 mm exactly, 1 px/mm = 25.4 PPI exactly. A 300 PPI photo print = 300/25.4 ≈ 11.81 px/mm.

About Pixels per centimetre

The pixel per centimetre (px/cm) is the metric counterpart of PPI, measuring pixel density per centimetre. EXIF assigns ResolutionUnit = 3 when resolution is stored in px/cm; Canon, Fujifilm, and Nikon cameras can output EXIF data in px/cm. GIMP stores and displays image resolution in px/cm in its XCF format and Image Properties dialog. DICOM (NEMA PS 3.3) stores spatial resolution as PixelSpacing in mm/pixel; a radiograph at 0.2 mm/px = 5 px/mm = 50 px/cm = 127 PPI. At 10×15 cm print size, a 12 MP image (4000×3000 px) prints at 4000/15 ≈ 266.7 px/cm ≈ 677 PPI - well above the ISO 12647-2 minimum of ≈ 118 px/cm (300 PPI). Since 1 inch = 2.54 cm exactly, 1 px/cm = 2.54 PPI exactly. 1 px/cm = 2.54 PPI = 10 px/dm = 100 px/m.

Quick Reference Table

→ Full Image Resolution Converter