Questions about printing, the process of reproducing text and image, typically with ink on paper using a printing press. It is often carried out as a large-scale industrial process, and is an essential part of publishing and transaction printing.
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Leaflet fold where full-page spread is the last thing seen?
Is there a type of fold for one-sheet flyers where the last thing a reader reaches while working through it in a natural way is a full-page spread, and where sections of that full page spread are not ...
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Printer Resolution
The Windows 7 printer preferences dialogue box tells me:
Print pixels: 1416 x 2152 dots
Does this mean that I should always provide an image of 1416 x 2152 pixels to achieve max quality? How is DPI ...
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How to portray “confidence” and “reliability” in a brochure
I have to design a brochure for a client. I don't understand much of brand identity, but my client says his brochure should reflect the following:
Professional
It should not be the flavour of the ...
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Creating large-scale high-resolution documents in Photoshop
I am a student trying to create collages in Photoshop sized* 4' x 4' and larger, resolution 300dpi, to be digitally printed on cotton canvas and silk.
The enormous file size causes my iMac to lag or ...
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suggestions for ways to gain practical experience?
If this is not considered an appropriate question for this list (I couldn't quite tell from the FAQ), feel free to close it, but I could really use some specific, concrete advice. I passed the ACE ...
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How does a printshop print large solid blocks of colour
For example: a 1.8m banner with a solid red background and white text. How would a printshop go about printing this? Surely they don't use a liter of red ink.
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How to create a PDF which has a background that does not print
Is there a way to create a PDF file that shows a background color or image when viewed in Acrobat Reader, but when printed that background does not get printed by default?
Ideally, this would happen ...
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Are Google Web-Fonts okay for printing?
Do Google's fonts function just like any other font? I've only gotten a few but they look a little poor in quality when used in print applications. Has anyone used them for a print design and did it ...
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Designing forms for printing in InDesign
I have to make a lot of forms in InDesign. Not interactive forms, just forms that need to be printed. It's really a pain making all the checkboxes, radio buttons, lines and text fields and ensuring ...
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What DPI/PPI should a 4 by 6 meter outdoor billboard be designed at?
I'm creating a 4 x 6 meter (~13 x 20 feet) outdoor billboard advertisement that includes an image and vector logo (rasterized) in Photoshop. I was working using a smaller size for design purposes, but ...
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What's the best way to create custom grid lines in Photoshop?
Is there a way to quickly define a baseline grid on photoshop using the guides tool? For example, if I want to create a 24px vertical rhythm, can I do this quickly on PS?
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Setting DPI for huge print
I need to create a really large print of 4Mx2.5M. I've never designed such a large print and I need help in setting the right DPI for this. I am really clueless of how this is supposed to go. If I'm ...
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Standard Event Poster Size (North America)
I'm designing my first poster for a promoter for a local bar and.. well.. I don't know what size to make the poster! What is the standard size for an event poster (such as one for a band) in North ...
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What are the smallest dimensions/resolution I can use for a 7ft x 2ft banner?
I am designing a banner which will be printed at 7ft x 4ft.
I am using Photoshop CS4. The images are not vectors. The original poster artwork has been done at 300 ppi for A4 printing. I was ...
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Using PhotoShop to create a magazine
My question:
Can I create a magazine exclusively using PhotoShop?
My understanding:
It should simply be a case of using CMYK and an adequately high resolution.
Other software:
InDesign is pretty ...
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What is it called when an image pokes above text/design elements?
Publications often seem to like to make parts of images poke above text or design elements, either subtly or clearly.
For example, in this Radio Times cover, the top of a woman's head is positioned ...
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Examples of Business Cards?
I'm looking for some inspiration flip through. What are some places that you visit for business card examples or galleries?
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Pairing a font with a tahoma as display font
For branding matters, I need to use tahoma as a display font (for all headlines).
I know, I know, it's a body text font meant only for screens: I don't really have a choice there.
I am having a hard ...
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Where do the various international business card sizes come from?
According to the Wikipedia entry on "Business Cards", various countries employ several standard business card sizes. US/Canada use 3.5 x 2in, UK uses 85 x 55mm, ect.
Apparantly, the following ...
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Which Photoshop features are affected by different DPI or PPI tags?
A Photoshop document‘s physical size, pixel density (DPI/PPI) and pixel dimensions are all linked.
Bitmap images contain bitmap data, which are a specific size (pixel dimensions). They also contain a ...
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Can I reformat an old logo with a higher resolution?
I have 2 logos saved in a PDF file. I sent them to my printer to have a banner printed using those logos. THe printer is saying they are not high enough resolution. How can I reformat them so they are ...
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Are there some standard sizes when it comes to square page layouts?
I am designing this luxury product catalogue and I was thinking to make the pages square so it would somehow be a little more unique and stuff...
The way I have it set up now is 8in x 8in(about 20cm ...
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Textures for city facade design such as roofs and walls?
I have used textures from services such as SXC and different bundles but is rarity that they connect well together. This print design resulted in odd lines and some bad textures where the images do ...
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My Screenshoots are “too light” for printing
(Completely rewritten version.)
I'm a writer doing a book for an overseas publisher. My deliverables for them are .doc files for the text and .png files for the graphics. I have no control over print ...
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How to project an image into a cone?
I have a circular image that I want to print over a cone. That is, over a circle with a wedge cut out, and then assembled into a cone.
However, if I just print my image and then cut the wedge, not ...
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Which software should i use for poster designing
Current i have to use two softwares for poster designing.
The text i have to write in corel draw and then i export it in eps and then use Photoshop to give some text effects like bevel shadow etc.
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What special considerations are there for printing on 'flag' signage?
I have been asked to design some advertising to print on tear-drop street signage similar to this:
My question is; are there things to keep in mind when designing for this medium as opposed to ...
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Vectors or 300 dpi TIFFs for printing?
I have worked with CreateSpace before and used AI vector images on the cover and interior PDF of a book, but the images all printed pixelated. After complaining, CreateSpace told me to only use 300 ...
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Converting InDesign CS6 document to printer spreads using print booklet
I am trying to create a press ready PDF for a 16 page InDesign document using Print Booklet. I see the Print Booklet preview and everything looks fine, spreads are correct, etc. However, when I run ...
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Is the maximum ink percentage embedded in the pdf color profile?
I am placing some Photoshop-made artwork into InDesign and exporting to PDF for print. My artwork is quite dark, and Ps's eyedropper tells me that some of my blacks are around the 90/95/95/85 mark. My ...
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Should I use Illustrator or Photoshop for Collateral Design?
I am creating a web advertising rate card. Basically a brochure. It will be a PDF file. Should I do brochure designs or collateral designs using Illustrator and then import the non vector images from ...
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How can I print vinyl stickers without using laminate?
I would like to use a consumer grade inkjet printer (entry to mid grade) to print on self-adhesive vinyl. These labels would be for outside use, so the ink could not simply sit on the surface of the ...
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What font does Apple use for printed document?
Serif font such as Times New Roman is usually used in printing document in Windows.
What is the equivalent font in Apple?
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What are the most common album layouts besides the classical one?
When one try to make/publish a photo album the most common layout is the one with one photo per page.
What other layouts are proven to be successful, especially considering that we intent to print on ...
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Please help me grid this A4 landscape poster
I'm working on this simple A4 landscape poster basically saying "adobe.com/" (newline) "indesign" with big letters in the middle of the page, and a small lipsum footer at the bottom. But I'm having a ...
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Converting Wiki to DTP format
I am looking for a way to convert Wiki to a DTP format - what is the most efficient (fast but preserving all of the document elements) way to do that? The "DTP format" can be any format used in the ...
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Is the print process different for business cards oriented in landscape or portrait layouts?
I often see business card printers asking for the customer to specify whether it's a portrait or landscape design. Is there any difference in the print process or notable difference by printing a ...
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Share printing material in an online gallery
What would you say would be the best, simplest way to share images and design source files online that can be freely downloaded and printed, and so people can upload their own files?
We would like to ...
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Design solutions/ideas/examples/sugestions for good looking cropped images in a product booklet
I am doing this booklet for some chairs and I have a problem.
The problem is that I have small images, but the booklet is intended for A4 print.
I will post 2 images to explain my problem.
What I ...
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How to create a printable 2-page CV in Photoshop
I typed my cv in a word processor. It is 2 pages long. I have also created a photoshop design using the A4 dimensions.
I have noticed that not only do I need two pages but also it would help the ...
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InDesign drag/drop [closed]
So I created an annual report for my company with InDesign CS4. My assistant designer/editor also has InDesign CS4 on her machine. I create an InDesign package and save it on the network drive so she ...
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How do I identify text layers as individual PMS colors?
I am getting a product label printed and the printer is asking that the text in the PSD file to be identified as PMS colors. I renamed the title of the layers to the specific color (e.g. Pantone 116) ...
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Need some font suggestions, please
I have two separate but related needs.
First, the website. It is almost mostly forms (data entry) and tables. For many of the tables, I need a narrow or condensed font. I'm currently using OpenSans ...
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How to design a poster with so much written content in it?
Consider there is a website full of text, and someone asks you to design a poster from it. Which methods do you suggest for designing this poster?
Update: the website is Semantic Version ...
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Gradient white lines in .eps file
I designed a vector in Adobe Illustrator CS6, but when saved as an .eps file, white vertical lines appear in my gradient.
What is happening? I've tried rasterizing the vector at 300 PPI with ...
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Beginner Question: Is it bad to mix raster photography into vector based print work? Alternative?
I am tasked with creating a vector based print work. And I'm very new to print design.
Is it a good idea to include raster photography inside my vector image? It seems to destroy the whole point of ...
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Replacement for Hoefler Text
I have a resume that was designed on a Mac, which came with Hoefler Text pre-installed. I no longer have access to the Mac, but I need to edit the resume (done in Open Office Draw). It's not really an ...
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How to use Illustrator to Create DIN A4, six-sided folder-flyer?
I'm not sure how to know which space I need to set a document in Adobe Illustrator CS5 when I want to create a six-sided DIN A4 folder-flyer. Is there a template somewhere out there that I can use? Or ...
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Where can I find unique templates for Presentation folders?
I have to design a Presentation Folder Design and print it. I have never done one before, I googled a bit and found some templates with a great tutorial above them :
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Setting guide coordinates in Illustrator
I want to specific the position of a guide manually, without dragging or using the mouse.
In Inkscape you can create a guide, then double or right-click to specify the X, Y coordinates of the guide. ...
