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Figure 5.9 5.2.3 IMPORTANCE OF HIGH-QUALITY IMAGES
Images Captured on
Fingerprint images are captured at a resolution of 500ppi (pixels per inch),
Livescan
1,000ppi, or another specified ppi. The higher the number of ppi, the more
information is captured in the images. While not all of the information cap-
tured in a high ppi image may be needed by the AFIS matchers to match can-
didates, a high-resolution image is extremely useful in providing the greatest
amount of ridge and valley detail.