Convert Pixels per yard to Pixels per centimetre

Convert Pixels per yard (px/yd) to Pixels per centimetre (px/cm) instantly and accurately.

Conversion Formula

px/cm = px/yd × 0.01093613298

About Pixels per yard

The pixel per yard (px/yd) is an imperial resolution unit used in textile printing, wide-format graphics, and fabric digitising, where roll widths and run lengths are measured in yards. The yard is exactly 0.9144 m = 36 in (Weights and Measures Act 1963; NIST Handbook 44), giving 1 px/yd = 1/36 PPI ≈ 0.02778 PPI. Wide-format inkjet printers (Roland RE-640, Mimaki JFX200) resolve up to 1440 DPI = 51,840 px/yd. Fabric digital printers for dye-sublimation operate at 300-600 DPI ≈ 10,800-21,600 px/yd. Flag and banner printing standard for photographic quality at 1 m viewing distance is ≈ 720 px/yd. 1 px/yd = 1/36 PPI ≈ 0.027778 PPI ≈ 1.111 px/m.

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.

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