Usually I'd say you were right on Rasta man (You were on DPI. In fact, 150 is even good. 6 color high gloss process only uses 133), but I gotta jump on the PDF wagon here.
It's the safest. Yeah, usually the shops got the goods, but you can never be sure of what version, whether or not they have the skillz, etc etc. Too many variables to take chances with. And you need to get around more .... there's plenty of shops today that don't have all the goods (correct versions) these days. Budget cuts, business is down. Adobe is tres expensive, etc etc. When I was in the biz, I shuddered when people sent me native AI's and PSD's. Inevitably, they did not have the print dimensions set correctly, or they didn't embed something or this or that, or 90 million other things. Anyway... best advice in this area is always tell peeps to send a PDF. If you prep it correctly, and make sure the settings are right, the files sizes arent that big. :) I know it wasn't that important to the rasta man anyway, but I couldn't help chiming in. :) HIT THE SLOPES! :) On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Ras Tafari <[email protected]> wrote: > > fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine :) > > btw, ive never met a print shop that didnt use/have illustrator (but that > doesnt matter) and yep, it only takes one missed deadline to make you > shudder. > > On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > It's certainly not easier if the print shop doesn't have illustrator. > > Speaking from experience I can tell you the best way to avoid any > possible > > software or platform dependencies is to provide a high res pdf with > > everything included in the file. You have to remember that many of the > > people working in print shops are fresh out of design school. They might > not > > realize that when they decided to import the .ai file into corel or quark > > (yes many use quark) that the items no longer have the right layer order. > So > > when you pick up 10,000 copies of a flyer with the text BEHIND the images > > the very best that happens is that you are only an extra day behind your > > deadline. The very worst... you are a day late AND you pay for the extra > > copies. *shudders* > > > > The best way to avoid any mishaps is PDF. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Ras Tafari <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> > >> illustrator files with outlines and no fonts is easier, and less file > >> size to deal with :) > >> > >> On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 11:03 AM, William Bowen < > [email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > > >> > as Medic mentioned, PDF should work, remember to embed fonts. > >> > > >> > > >> > On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Matthew Smith <[email protected] > > > >> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Working on wedding invites for printing at kinko's. 600 dpi, cymk > psd. > >> >> Saving as tiff without layers. This will result in best quality, > yes? > >> >> Using a non-standard font, so concerned about giving them a psd. > >> >> > >> >> Using this thread > >> >> <http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=691449>as a > guide. > >> >> Any other things I should do for best quality? > >> >> > >> >> Oh, I'm engaged, btw. And I've been gone a while. crazy stuff. > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> Regards, > >> >> Matthew Smith > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:332897 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
