oh i did, i was just trying to put some fun in a post, while coding and it didnt come across right :p
its all good yo. for realz! no eggnog here anyway ;) just college football, my woman cooking incredible chilean food and this vacation ive been on for a lot of days!!! w0rd On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Erika L. Rich <[email protected]> wrote: > > It's doesnt matter what you and I use homey. I wasn't saying you were wrong > with what YOU DO. > I'm saying it's better advice to tell others to give the printer a PDF. > > And It doesn't matter if you did a freaking sky-high billboard in times > square. I wasn't asking for a resume :P > You and I are pros at it. Not everyone else is. > > That's all I was saying. ;) > > Tell them to send a PDF first. I'm telling you that there are printers who > will appreciate it. > > methinks you didn't exactly read what I wrote..... > Have some more egg nog. > > xoxoxoxox > > On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Ras Tafari <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> >> 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:332907 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
