btw, im highly offended. lol
its all good, i use the places i use, and they all work with my files just fine, and i always send in the right resolution, dimensions, etc, all flattened, and all fonts as outlines. never a problem, and ive done everything from giant billboards to business cards ;) EITHER WAY ! its neither here nor there, like all that we do, there are many ways, and all are good in their own way. mine is mine, and yours is yours, and yourn is yourn, and y'ins is y'ins (im sure im forgetting a few) and its all good. w0rd. love ya e to tha k On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Erika L. Rich <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yeah, I wasn't talking about PDF resolution. I was nattering about PDF's AND > resolution. > > GIGO. If you put garbage resolution images into the design before you create > the PDF, you're gonna get garbage out. :) But anything above 300 for normal > everyday John Smith printing projects is just wasting disk space. > > > > On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 10:51 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> For what it's worth, PDF is meant to be resolution independent if I >> recall. So you can't say "I have a 300 dpi PDF" but you can put a 300 >> DPI image inside a PDF. Highest quality images inside a PDF and meant >> to print at highest resolution the printer can take is a good thing. >> >> Cheers, >> Judah >> >> On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 5:04 PM, Erika L. Rich <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > 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:332905 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
