Questions tagged [print-design]
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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Ink Jet Printing on Top of Laser Jet Applied Foil
My first question here...
I'm trying to print "magical" cards from my PNP game and I want to use a home technique that resembles (in-line) cold foil.
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Black only laser printer ($...
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Symbols for parts of a text?
Some texts may be divided into parts, chapters, sections and paragraphs. Sections are associated with the symbol $, and paragraphs with the Pilcrow.
My understanding is that there are no symbols ...
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Can anyone describe to me what is happening in this AI file? Jagged edges, non vector?
I'm not exactly sure of how to even describe this, but have attached screenshots from the Illustrator file a friend sent me, so that I could quickly change the colors of a logo for her. This file came ...
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Removal of a specific colour from a photo
I am trying to print a photo onto basswood using sublimation. I then cut it to make a jigsaw. My problem is that the colour of the wood is "yellowing" the image once printed. I realise I ...
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preparing image files for lenticular print job
I'm designing a lenticular sticker to promote an album. I'm confused about certain fundamental aspects of the artwork preparation. I understand that I need to provide a distinct layer/image for each '...
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How can I know the number of colors in a design?
So, I want to print packaging for my product. The owner of the printing press picks the colors in the design, and each color costs $80. Does that mean that I will use only 3 or 4 colors in the design? ...
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PVC card sublimation transfer
Can you do sublimation transfer on a normal PVC card or does it have to be a "thermal" PVC card (used in Evolis or Fargo printer)?
What is special with these thermal PVC cards? Do they have ...
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Printing images of unusual pixel-per-inch density
As I discovered today, having your images to be 300 pixels per inch is not always a good thing for print.
Epson printers, contrary to Canon and HP, have native resolution of 360 instead of 300, and so ...
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inDesign: Printing a photo with only two spot colors, and highlights - will it work?
I have a project in inDesign that was only budgeted for 2 colors, Pantone Orange and Black.
I've read that to print photos with only 2 spot colors, you'd need to have the photo set to a grayscale ...
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How to create a box around in-line text?
I am looking for a way to create this type of boxes (like "uncommon", "evocation", "magical" in the image below) around text.
Mostly this text would be on a separate line,...
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How to choose the right colors for print in cmyk?
Hello I am creating this business card below:
So the green color I used for the icons is the same as of the logo which has these values below:
My question is, are the CMYK values ok?
I will be ...
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How to create a sign logo?
I was asked to create a logo like this, in the image below:
I guess it's called a sign logo.
I was only requested to do the design.
I created logos for digital use before, but I didn't create a logo ...
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Best CMYK export option
I am a children's book designer writer. I am trying to format my first picture book for printing. I have worked the images in RGB, but thought I should convert in Affinity before sending to printing....
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How to get rid of tracking dots being included in foiling process?
I discovered that there are tracking dots printed on my paper called Machine Identification Code (MIC), also known as printer steganography, yellow dots, tracking dots or secret dots. These dots are ...
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What should be done to a vector file when creating a business card?
Hello I'm creating a business card
Size 90mm by 50mm
It's going to be printed by offset printing
And I am using CMYK color system for the colors, the color of the icons for example the values are like ...
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Printing off-white CMYK body copy on black?
I'm working on a report in InDesign that's going to be printed. The brand's guidelines has an off-white (0,0,0,4) as one of their main colours and a greyish black as another one of their colours (0,0,...
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Collection of images for teaching children and disabled or cognitive impaired users clothes folding techniques
I am not sure whether this post would be better suited for the Home Improvement stack exchange.
I am looking for sequences of info graphics for how to fold clothes, illustrating both of the following:
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Can I use a PNG logo to design a business card?
I have to design a business card for my company.
The logos are in PNG format, the business card is going to be 90mm by 50mm and the logos are about 400px × 400px. I'm using cmyk colors to print the ...
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Maximum image size to be printed on both A4 and Letter paper sizes
I want my documents to be able to be printed on A4 (210×297 mm) as well on Letter (8.5×11 inches) paper. (The "documents" are TIFF files with raster text on them. This is important to me. ...
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Blur effect in a logo? A NO or a GO?
I wanted to get a sanity check on the topic of logo design. I am a product designer and have done some client work in the past including the creation of some logos. I don't specialize in logo design ...
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How to make text layer spot channel in photoshop?
I am working with a UV printer which requires my white colour on Photoshop to be on a spot channel. What is the correct way to convert a text layer into a spot channel? It seems that to make it spot, ...
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How to have repeating headers in sequence per page?
I've been re-learning InDesign (currently on MacOS Ventura 13.3.1) and created a test publication at 203 mm x 280mm using a real-life publication of that size as a guideline.
I'm using InDesign 17.4.
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Selecting colors for print design
I'm designing a brochure to be printed, so I'm using CMYK color system to design the brochure.
I bring all the colors from this website: https://mixam.co.uk/support/cmykchart
So I don't pick colors ...
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Artboard dimensions for very large print when using effects? [duplicate]
I'm new to printing illustrations from Illustrator. I have a project that needs to be printed to a large canvas (about 10ft x 8ft). I've got a lot of blur and grain effects, and I'd like these to ...
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How to create rectangle wavy patterns?
I would like to know how to achieve this sort of wave like effect that you see here in green:
Notice how it seems to be just a set of 3 rectangles and they all go towards the same end and they bend ...
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How do I make a seamless gravel pattern but with different objects?
I'm trying is to make is a design from four cupcakes that overlap and are seamless just like a seamless gravel pattern basically.
I've added a picture below to show what I want to create.
Now you may ...
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Artwall posters design and resolution in illustrator
I am starting to learn on how to create posters and artwall print (A1,A2, A3, B1,B2,B3, and most posters sizes etc) and then send to printful for . I have searched and viewed many topic and i am ...
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InDesign: Exporting CMYK doc as RGB
If I want to export a CMYK document as RGB, is it best to go into every swatch, and every placed link, and make sure all the colours are set to RGB before exporting?
Or can I just set it to sRGB under ...
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Scaling up PDFs
If I've prepared an A4 print doc, that consists of vector graphics and also a large jpeg background... will the vectors scale up properly if I print the doc at A2?
I understand that the jpeg ...
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Any need to specify '300dpi' on images?
I know that images need to be around 300dpi when printing, to ensure optimum quality... but do I need to actually specify that in Photoshop? (in the 'Image Size' section)
Because InDesign already ...
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Is there such a thing as a single-sided tri-fold leaflet?
Do single-sided tri-fold leaflets exist or are they basically unheard of?
Failing that, are there any other folded documents that are only printed on one side?
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Preparing RGB files for print
The printing company that I use prefer all files to be supplied in RGB. The only problem for me is accidentally picking a colour that is too bright.
Is there an easy way around this? I recently heard ...
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What should I do when you find out a client went to another designer to change the finished design?
My client seemed happy with my final design for a set of labels for supplements.
Honestly, I felt a little rushed at the end of the final edits.
We were trying to figure out how to portray the flavors ...
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How To Convert SVG To TIFF For Fine Printing
I created an SVG file which I want to print at a shop which uses the Epson SureColor SC-P9500 with 12 color channels. They told me to bring a 16-bit Adobe RGB TIFF file (ideally I'd like to print ...
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Can Illustrator files exported through the "export for screens" method also be printed? Is that the best practice?
I'm really more of a Photoshop person, so I have gaps in my self-taught Illustrator knowledge, so thanks for the patience.
When I do logos for clients, I use Export for Screens as recommended by most ...
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Ok to go outside of the "imprint area"?
I'm designing a Koozie and did not get the printer's template until after most of my design was done. I thought staying 1/8 inch away from any cut lines would be fine, but when I lay their template ...
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Incorporating 3D (Blender) into poster / print design
I want to start designing posters that have 3D elements on them... like the below example where the glass objects interact with the design of the poster.
I'm under the impression that the only way to ...
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ELLE Logo Designer
Does anyone know who designed the ELLE magazine logo?
I have tried researching the original designer but can’t find the designer / artist who created the logo.
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Creating dieline for inkjet printing
I have a dieline for a 3D cube which I will print my own design onto on my inkjet printer.
How is best to print the fold / cutting marks without them interfering with the design? Would I just print ...
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Unsure about bleeds with die cut
I have this design (viewed here at 600%) that is going to be cut to the shape of the red outline (cut line only - not part of the design)
I'm pretty sure my bleeds are good everywhere EXCEPT where ...
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Retail Product Catalog Solution Up-to-date for 2023
I'm looking for a good solution to create a product catalog to feature many products with photos. The end result should be a professional print-ready document, but would also like to have the ...
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Customizing CMYK Halftone Screens in PDF Files
I am looking for a way to adjust the halftone screens of each color channel in CMYK PDF files using Python. I would like to enhance the perceived print resolution of the files using techniques such as ...
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Finding non shiny dark color
I am developing a star chart. As of now, I am using pure black color (HTML #000000) for the background to display the stars on. I have a sample that was printed by Posterbrain, and that was laminated....
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Why is my vector file pixelated after printing it on big glass surfaces?
I'm working for a company making glass walls with prints on it. It works fine with images but when I send them something with vector it becomes pixelated after printing, they also reported that on big ...
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How to save as high resolution print at a specific dimensional size with InkScape 1.2+
I have InkScape 1.2.2 installed and I have a print preperation question. Based on my attached screenshot...
You will see that I have a document that is 7 by 5 inches for the page size. It has an ...
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Advantages of non-white background in typography
Financial Times website has a non-white background, namely, 255,240,229 in sRGB. However, the text is not black: 50,48,46 (the title is black).
Are there any advantages of such color scheme for web ...
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With GIMP 2.10, how can I automatically sort and organize layers most efficiently on a canvas?
In order to print a lot of photos at scale, I create a huge canvas in GIMP and drag the images, then organize by hand. The result looks like this.
I feel like GIMP could do its own organization of ...
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Adding bleed around clipping mask irregular shap
I have an irregular shape that is going to be printed.
The printing requires a 0.125" bleed.
The shape is created through a clipping mask to isolate the object from a background.
How do I add a ...
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Help identifying printing color technology and style
I'm looking for the correct printing terms to describe the attached image of an early trading card. It seems to be some form of chromolithography. Does this sound correct? Are there more specific ...
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Any freeware programs for CMYK .tiff?
So, I'm a grad student trying to submit a scientific paper for publication. One requirement is that all graphs need to be .tiff with CMYK colors. Graphs were made in R and Inkscape, and that's pretty ...
