diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f513a7aa87..53e0f097d5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4136,6 +4136,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pdfcraft-xfdf",
  "png 0.18.1",
  "thiserror 2.0.21",
+ "tiff",
  "unicode-segmentation",
  "url",
 ]
diff --git a/apps/pdfcraft-cli/src/main.rs b/apps/pdfcraft-cli/src/main.rs
index 2560adac9f..5888e51114 100644
--- a/apps/pdfcraft-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/apps/pdfcraft-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -622,7 +622,8 @@ fn render(args: &[String]) -> Result<(), CliError> {
         return Err(e.into());
     }
     let bytes = match format {
-        Some(f) => pdfcraft_engine::export::encode_image(p.width, p.height, &p.rgba, f)?,
+        // With `reject_oversize` the page is drawn at `--dpi` or not at all, so the file can say so.
+        Some(f) => pdfcraft_engine::export::encode_image(p.width, p.height, &p.rgba, f, f64::from(dpi))?,
         None => {
             // PAM (netpbm RGB_ALPHA): the raw premultiplied pixels, for tools that read it.
             let mut pam = format!("P7\nWIDTH {}\nHEIGHT {}\nDEPTH 4\nMAXVAL 255\nTUPLTYPE RGB_ALPHA\nENDHDR\n", p.width, p.height).into_bytes();
diff --git a/apps/pdfcraft-cli/tests/render.rs b/apps/pdfcraft-cli/tests/render.rs
index b0ab245601..695431b65b 100644
--- a/apps/pdfcraft-cli/tests/render.rs
+++ b/apps/pdfcraft-cli/tests/render.rs
@@ -56,6 +56,17 @@ fn jpeg_and_tiff_names_get_those_formats() {
     assert!(bytes.starts_with(b"II*\0") || bytes.starts_with(b"MM\0*"), "not a TIFF: {:?}", &bytes[..4]);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn the_file_records_the_dpi_it_was_rendered_at() {
+    // The engine's tests check each format; this checks that `--dpi` reaches the file.
+    let pdf = fixture("dpi");
+    let jpg = tmp("dpi", "p1.jpg");
+    assert!(render(&pdf, &jpg).status.success());
+    let bytes = std::fs::read(&jpg).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(&bytes[6..11], b"JFIF\0");
+    assert_eq!(bytes[13..18], [1, 0, 36, 0, 36], "JFIF density in dots per inch");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn a_pam_name_still_gets_the_netpbm_stream() {
     let pdf = fixture("pam");
diff --git a/contributors/people.toml b/contributors/people.toml
index da3cfc6a77..cd8ef99f72 100644
--- a/contributors/people.toml
+++ b/contributors/people.toml
@@ -145,3 +145,6 @@ sync_github_name = false
 [people.Silvertree2010]
 display_name = "Netter"
 sync_github_name = false
+
+[people.MortenHusted]
+sync_github_name = true
diff --git a/crates/engine/Cargo.toml b/crates/engine/Cargo.toml
index 74567eb488..ff5e7611d8 100644
--- a/crates/engine/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/engine/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ pdfcraft-model = { workspace = true }
 pdfcraft-geom = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 png = "0.18"
+# Already in the graph (through image and pdfcraft-create): image's TiffEncoder can't set the
+# resolution or the compression of an exported page.
+tiff = "0.11"
 # Already in the graph (url and idna through webbrowser, icu_properties through boa): they show
 # the host of a document's link the way the browser reads it (links::display_host).
 url = "2.5"
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/export.rs b/crates/engine/src/export.rs
index 6b7aad4fad..0bf4e2f79d 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/export.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/export.rs
@@ -93,14 +93,14 @@ impl Exporter {
         encode_png(r.width, r.height, &r.rgba)
     }
 
-    /// Page `page` as an image file of `format`.
+    /// Page `page` as an image file of `format`, which says the resolution it was drawn at.
     pub fn image(&mut self, page: usize, dpi: f64, format: ImageFormat) -> Result<Vec<u8>, String> {
         self.check(page)?;
         let r = self.renderer.render(RenderRequest { page, scale: (dpi.clamp(18.0, 1200.0) / 72.0) as f32, ..Default::default() });
         if let Some(e) = r.error {
             return Err(format!("page {}: {e}", page + 1));
         }
-        encode_image(r.width, r.height, &r.rgba, format)
+        encode_image(r.width, r.height, &r.rgba, format, self.dpi_used(page, dpi))
     }
 
     /// The reading-order text of a page.
@@ -127,12 +127,14 @@ impl Exporter {
     }
 }
 
-/// Premultiplied RGBA → an image file of `format`.
-pub fn encode_image(width: u32, height: u32, premultiplied: &[u8], format: ImageFormat) -> Result<Vec<u8>, String> {
+/// Premultiplied RGBA → an image file of `format`. A JPEG or TIFF says it is `dpi` dots per inch,
+/// so other programs show and print it at the page's size. A PNG says nothing: its `pHYs` counts
+/// pixels per metre, so 72 dpi would read back as 72.009 and a page made from it would shrink.
+pub fn encode_image(width: u32, height: u32, premultiplied: &[u8], format: ImageFormat, dpi: f64) -> Result<Vec<u8>, String> {
     match format {
         ImageFormat::Png => encode_png(width, height, premultiplied),
-        ImageFormat::Jpeg { quality } => encode_jpeg(width, height, premultiplied, quality),
-        ImageFormat::Tiff => encode_tiff(width, height, premultiplied),
+        ImageFormat::Jpeg { quality } => encode_jpeg(width, height, premultiplied, quality, dpi),
+        ImageFormat::Tiff => encode_tiff(width, height, premultiplied, dpi),
     }
 }
 
@@ -199,23 +201,37 @@ fn over_white(premultiplied: &[u8]) -> Vec<u8> {
         .collect()
 }
 
-/// Premultiplied RGBA → baseline JPEG (pages are opaque: transparency becomes white paper).
-pub fn encode_jpeg(width: u32, height: u32, premultiplied: &[u8], quality: u8) -> Result<Vec<u8>, String> {
+/// Premultiplied RGBA → baseline JPEG at `dpi` (pages are opaque: transparency becomes white paper).
+pub fn encode_jpeg(width: u32, height: u32, premultiplied: &[u8], quality: u8, dpi: f64) -> Result<Vec<u8>, String> {
     use image::ImageEncoder;
+    use image::codecs::jpeg::{JpegEncoder, PixelDensity};
     let rgb = over_white(premultiplied);
     let mut out = Vec::new();
-    image::codecs::jpeg::JpegEncoder::new_with_quality(&mut out, quality.clamp(1, 100))
-        .write_image(&rgb, width, height, image::ExtendedColorType::Rgb8)
-        .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+    let mut enc = JpegEncoder::new_with_quality(&mut out, quality.clamp(1, 100));
+    // The JFIF density is whole dots per inch.
+    enc.set_pixel_density(PixelDensity::dpi(dpi.round() as u16));
+    enc.write_image(&rgb, width, height, image::ExtendedColorType::Rgb8).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
     Ok(out)
 }
 
-/// Premultiplied RGBA → TIFF (RGB, LZW-compressed by the encoder's default).
-pub fn encode_tiff(width: u32, height: u32, premultiplied: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<u8>, String> {
-    use image::ImageEncoder;
+/// Premultiplied RGBA → TIFF (RGB, LZW-compressed) at `dpi`. Written with `tiff` directly:
+/// `image`'s `TiffEncoder` always says 1 × 1 with no unit and leaves the strips uncompressed.
+/// No predictor: LZW alone is the compression TIFF readers support most widely after none.
+pub fn encode_tiff(width: u32, height: u32, premultiplied: &[u8], dpi: f64) -> Result<Vec<u8>, String> {
+    use tiff::encoder::{Compression, Rational, TiffEncoder, colortype::RGB8};
+    use tiff::tags::{ResolutionUnit, Tag};
+    let err = |e: tiff::TiffError| e.to_string();
     let rgb = over_white(premultiplied);
     let mut out = std::io::Cursor::new(Vec::new());
-    image::codecs::tiff::TiffEncoder::new(&mut out).write_image(&rgb, width, height, image::ExtendedColorType::Rgb8).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+    let mut tiff = TiffEncoder::new(&mut out).map_err(err)?.with_compression(Compression::Lzw);
+    let mut image = tiff.new_image::<RGB8>(width, height).map_err(err)?;
+    // In hundredths: a page drawn at a lowered resolution (`Exporter::dpi_used`) is rarely a whole number.
+    let resolution = Rational { n: (dpi * 100.0).round() as u32, d: 100 };
+    let tags = image.encoder();
+    tags.write_tag(Tag::ResolutionUnit, ResolutionUnit::Inch).map_err(err)?;
+    tags.write_tag(Tag::XResolution, resolution.clone()).map_err(err)?;
+    tags.write_tag(Tag::YResolution, resolution).map_err(err)?;
+    image.write_data(&rgb).map_err(err)?;
     Ok(out.into_inner())
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tests.rs b/crates/engine/src/tests.rs
index 0f012d9e09..f125c41dac 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tests.rs
@@ -2574,6 +2574,48 @@ fn pages_export_as_png_jpeg_and_tiff() {
     let tif = ex.image(0, 144.0, ImageFormat::Tiff).unwrap();
     let decoded = image::load_from_memory_with_format(&tif, image::ImageFormat::Tiff).unwrap();
     assert_eq!((decoded.width(), decoded.height()), (400, 600));
+    let mut tags = tiff::decoder::Decoder::new(std::io::Cursor::new(&tif)).unwrap();
+    let compression = tags.get_tag_u32(tiff::tags::Tag::Compression).unwrap();
+    let predictor = tags.get_tag_u32(tiff::tags::Tag::Predictor).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!((compression, predictor), (5, 1), "LZW, without a predictor");
+}
+
+/// A TIFF's resolution unit (2 = inch) and its horizontal and vertical resolution.
+fn tiff_resolution(bytes: &[u8]) -> (u32, f64, f64) {
+    use tiff::{decoder::ifd::Value, tags::Tag};
+    let mut d = tiff::decoder::Decoder::new(std::io::Cursor::new(bytes)).unwrap();
+    let mut res = |tag| match d.get_tag(tag).unwrap() {
+        Value::Rational(n, d) => f64::from(n) / f64::from(d),
+        v => panic!("{tag:?} is {v:?}"),
+    };
+    let (x, y) = (res(Tag::XResolution), res(Tag::YResolution));
+    (d.get_tag_u32(Tag::ResolutionUnit).unwrap(), x, y)
+}
+
+/// An exported TIFF or JPEG says the resolution it was drawn at, so other programs show and print it
+/// at the page's size. A TIFF said 1 × 1 with no unit, and a JPEG said nothing.
+#[test]
+fn exported_pages_record_the_resolution_they_were_drawn_at() {
+    use crate::export::{Exporter, ImageFormat};
+    let (s, id) = session_with(1);
+    let mut ex = Exporter::new(s.get(id).unwrap());
+    assert_eq!(tiff_resolution(&ex.image(0, 144.0, ImageFormat::Tiff).unwrap()), (2, 144.0, 144.0));
+    let jpg = ex.image(0, 144.0, ImageFormat::Jpeg { quality: 85 }).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(&jpg[6..11], b"JFIF\0");
+    assert_eq!(jpg[13..18], [1, 0, 144, 0, 144], "JFIF density in dots per inch");
+    // pHYs counts pixels per metre: 72 dpi would read back as 72.009, and a page made from the PNG
+    // (doc_create from images) would come out 0.01% small.
+    let png = ex.image(0, 72.0, ImageFormat::Png).unwrap();
+    assert!(png::Decoder::new(std::io::Cursor::new(png)).read_info().unwrap().info().pixel_dims.is_none(), "a PNG states no resolution");
+
+    // A page too large for the renderer at the asked resolution says the one it was drawn at.
+    let mut s = Session::new().with_clock(|| 1_700_000_000);
+    let bytes = s.create_blank(14_400.0, 792.0, 1).unwrap();
+    let id = s.open("wide.pdf", None, bytes, None).unwrap();
+    let mut ex = Exporter::new(s.get(id).unwrap());
+    let used = ex.dpi_used(0, 600.0);
+    let (unit, x, y) = tiff_resolution(&ex.image(0, 600.0, ImageFormat::Tiff).unwrap());
+    assert!(unit == 2 && (x - used).abs() < 0.01 && (y - used).abs() < 0.01, "{x} × {y}, drawn at {used}");
 }
 
 #[test]