C# winforms: How to change DPI of the System.Drawing.BItmap ?

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Published on 2010-04-21T11:01:15Z Indexed on 2010/04/21 11:03 UTC
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I need to change the DPI of the System.Drawing.Bitmap object from the default value = 96 to e.g. 150. I couldn't find the answer how to do that so I ask here :)

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