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How did they prepare an image for printing before Adobe?
How were images even prepared for printing before Adobe? What was the printing process? I really seem to be missing what they were doing between the Gutenberg press and the Adobe software when it ...
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Why does non-proportional scaling cause a problem on a printing press?
I'm in prepress and for a long time I have know that it is a no-no to have images non-proportionally scaled but no one has ever explained why? Does it error out when it gets to the RIP? What is the ...
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Small Brown Text for Print Register, avoid blur text
I have two paragraph of 10pt texts in my postcard design. One on white, and one on an image. Both text require using brown color. Currently the values is at C42 M65 Y96 K41, I am worry that the result ...
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How to correctly adjust color saturation in picture when preparing it for magazine print?
I made a magazine and all pictures currently are in RGB color mode. Now I need to prepare them for print and after converting them to CMYK in Photoshop CC, their color saturation (black parts) are ...
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Printing Pure Cyan from Epson Inkjet Printer
I am trying to print out a design (made in Illustrator and Photoshop) that requires pure Cyan lines/elements in the final from my Epson WF-7520 printer. However, even though the image element colors ...
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Same film different pantone colour
I am doing press project that needs to be mass produced soon. The Metallic Green 7870C is only available at this print shop. I have gradient artwork and using tint, working in AI CS6. If I use ...
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Preparing design for duotone printing?
I've been asked to design a poster that will be printed in two inks: black and pantone 631c. It's a simple design, a photograph and text. Should the photo be in grayscale mode + duotone in monocrome (...
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Placing press quality pdf's directly into a layout
I've been doing layouts for years, always using .tifs when placing artwork. I recently received a job (started by another designer) where they were placing the press quality pdf's directly into the ...
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How to prepare vector halftones for print
I have layout with images processed and saved with vector ink halftones, but have no idea of angles used for color plates:
Does anyone have idea how to process these images so I could print them in ...
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Trying To Print to PDF in Illustrator
I'm trying to set it up "with separate color layers (CMYK)" as the printer request, but the Mode is greyed out. I don't have an actual printer installed, and a PDF is the result I want. I do have up ...
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Coworker wants to set up all files in spot color—even when printing in-house
I am working on refining our brand guide and color builds. Another graphic designer in our department thinks we should set up all files with PMS spot colors, rather than CMYK, so that we get more ...
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Preparing document for print to have reverse creases
I have a wedding invite that has been created as one page but it will fold like an accordion. It's a portrait page split into 4 with 3 creases.
How do you go about preparing a document to have some ...
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What does it mean when printers have told me my colour is not a Pantone colour, but in my file it is?
I've recently designed a cosmetic label for a client and I've given them the final file to have it printed at their designated printer companies.
But a few have them have come back and said that they ...
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print service who uses only photoshop to raster, is it normal?
I'm not an expert let me just say, so with the risk of sounding a little stupid I have a question.
I had to send .pdf and .ai files (around 100-300mb each) to a print service to have them printed on ...
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How to prepare a spot varnish; does it need to have trapping if there's a gloss and matte one?
On a project that has a selective varnish, the print-ready file usually needs to be prepared separately in one spot color, a bit like a dieline. Only the area where the varnish will be printed should ...
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Preparing Print Docs — Recommended Reading
Although I've been working as a designer for a number of years, I feel a little inexperienced in preparing documents for print (a lot of my past work has been designing for digital).
I'm looking for ...
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What is a "cromalin"?
I've been asked by a client to design a full page advertisement for a catalog. The specs I received mention that beside a PDF of the page we should also supply "imperatively a cromalin: Without a ...
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How To Ask Fellow Designer For Native Files For Prepress Purposes Only?
I am the graphic designer and sole prepress person for a small quick print shop. I often come across issues with a file to be printed and cannot make the needed changes or compensations as they arise ...
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Is it possible to print duotone gradient images using two pantone neon colors?
What should I be aware of and be careful with when preparing the image?
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Invisible barcodes?
This may border on the 'too technical' side of graphic design but I'll give it a try. We have a contract with a printer who requires a barcode on the interior and cover of our books so that they can ...
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Large Printing, how to know how it will look [closed]
I took an arial photo with a Gopro hero3 12mp, and I'm going to to print it at 90cm x 60cm. I'd like to know how it will look like before I print it.
I know about the print size option in Photoshop ...
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Do full bleed laser printers exist?
I was told that full bleed laser printers do not exist because the toner is too messy. Today, I stumbled upon this video (it's in Dutch, sorry) that claims to do full bleed high volume printing. I ...
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