Questions tagged [print-production]
Questions about the production process of printed materials.
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Resizing PDF document in Adobe Acrobat Pro
I received a 322 page PDF at work and was asked to have it resized with everything scaled proportionally to updated size. Is there any way to do this in Adobe Acrobat? I found a way to resize the page ...
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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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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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How do I convert a one page PDF file into several smaller (8.5" by 11") pages?
There is a related question already posted here
How to print a PDF with large pages onto multiple smaller sheets of paper?
However, at the moment, we do not desire to print the picture out on paper....
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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 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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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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Are JPG and WEBP Appropriate Image formats for Offset Printing in 2023?
I teach an introductory graphic design course (PS, Illustrator, InDesign) for Media Arts students. I try hard to re-evaluate the material and grading criteria regularly so that I'm focusing on aspects ...
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Conversion to pdf file? [duplicate]
I'm having trouble exporting a file to PDF. These bubbles are vectors, and when I print them directly from Illustrator, they are fine. However, when I convert them to a print-ready PDF, they end up ...
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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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Photoshop: preparing PDF files for spot color printing
My working file is currently a two channel artwork in Photoshop, one black channel with one Pantone spot color channel over it. How do I prepare these files for press?
On PDF export it only shows a ...
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EXPORTING PDF for Print from Indesign - 5 colour print with duotones/monotones, plus CMYK
How to export a 5 color doc to print in pdf export from indesign- . Its CMYK plus one pantone special ink. should i select 'no color conversion' or 'convert to CMYK' and expect my spot color to ...
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How can I physically cut a 4x6 photo into precisely 6 photos of dimension 2x2?
I have a photo of dimension 2 inches x 2 inches. I wanted 6 copies of it, so I printed it as a grid of dimension 4 inches x 6 inches using some program. How can I physically cut a 4x6 photo into ...
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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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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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Different materials in SketchUp?
I'm modelling a house using SketchUp. I noticed that some parts of the house have different colors while modelling, and these parts are not printed when I send the project to a 3D printer (figure ...
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ways to generate spot color print files given any set of colors
Basically I want to mix halftoned spot colors in the way you do CMYK, but with any combination of spot colors of my choice.
Photoshop has an almost-good-enough way of doing this with image>mode>...
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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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What are these two types of lay-flat binding called?
I'm in the process of printing a book. I would like to use lay-flat binding. What are the following two types of lay-flat binding called?
Lay-flat binding type 1:
Lay-flat binding type 2
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Printing double sided static window cling
I need a double sided banner placed on a storefront window.
Preferably a static window cling, but if that's not possible, a sticker paper.
I am not looking for a mirrored design. There is text printed ...
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How to print pure CYAN from a Brother laser colour printer?
I have a Brother hl-L8250CDN laser colour printer on a macbook pro. I mainly print with InDesign and Photoshop. I want to print pure yellow or pure cyan or pure magenta. Is there a way to do this?
I'...
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Rasterize images for print manually
I'm trying to experiment with a thing. I have a laser printer that have both PCL and PS capabilities, however the image rendition is kinda poor, the print is very noisy.
I've seen some better printers ...
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Get rid of grain in laser prints
I recently bought a professional color laser printer (>1.5k$), but until now I worked only with black and white lines and text (100% black).
I'm now moving to colored prints, what've found is ...
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Toner consumption between 600 dpi and 1200 dpi
The question is, in a laser / digital printer / press, if I print at 1200dpi do I consume more toner compared to 600dpi?
Time consumption and processing resources like memory and cpu of the raster ...
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Words for relative orientation of sides of double-sided paper?
Are there existing words to describe the relative orientation of the front and back of a double sided piece of paper?
The four different cases I can think of can be explained with me holding a ...
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How I can export pdf file in .cdr. (File made in adobe photoshop)
As printer guy said he needs .cdr file for printing. I have coral but, don't know how to use coral draw. Please help me. This is very big problem to me right now. Anyone know easiest way to solve this ...
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How to deal with PDF file containing thin lines/partitioned in boxes?
We are a publisher. Customers often send us advertisements ready for printing.
Sometimes when these advertisements are in PDF file format the whole advertisement or parts of it are partitioned in ...
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Minimum printable font size readable under a microscope
I'm a mechanical engineer about to invest in a new A3 laser printer but won't have the chance to try it out before buying.
It's main function will be to print technical drawings for checking. The ...
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What is correct sequence when converting from RGB to CMYK in a PSD or TIFF to be embedded into a PDF/X-1a file?
I'm making a PDF/X-1a, from a CS6 indesign file, for a print magazine that will be illustrated with images of everyday objects. The images are made from scans and photographs. There is no line art and ...
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How many shades of color does cmyk have in print
in offset printing, for example, the cmyk colors are printed as dots of different sizes. One of the questions for me is how many size options are there for the individual colored dots?
The reason for ...
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Adjust image to show the true colors of what will be printed
I have what is probably a very unique question for you guys.
I have a direct to garment printer that allows me to print directly onto a shirt (or a film). Now the problem that I have is that the color ...
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avoiding 'dot gain' : preparing inner sleeve design in illustrator for printing on uncoated stock
I'm preparing album cover artwork -- I'm going to print some vinyl. The mfr recommends a disco jacket as the inner sleeve for 180g vinyl because it resists the vinyl tearing a hole over time. Their ...
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DPI for A0 size [duplicate]
When designing an A0 sized poster (1189mm x 841mm), what DPI should your images be?
Would they still need to be 300dpi? or could you get away with around 200–250ish seeing as people will be viewing it ...
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InDesign zero inner bleed not possible
I am new to making a InDesign document print ready (magazine) and I am facing a problem that I could not find the answer to from other threads.
What I have:
InDesign double page spread
Pictures ...
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RGB and CMYK Colour Modes
I designed a book cover in Photoshop in RGB Colour Mode, as it was going to be used as an eBook cover. However, I now need to design a full wrap book jacket which needs to be in CMYK Colour Mode.
When ...
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Output intent set to fogra39, but looking in preflight in Acrobat says intent is Fogra27?
This is a follow-up question on the comments here: What happens if a commercial printer is using another profile than a file sent to be printed is converted to?
I made a print-ready PDF and dug inside ...
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What happens if a commercial printer is using another profile than a file sent to be printed is converted to?
Let's say that I have received info that ink limit should be 300% (this might or might not be accurate), but no info about the specific profile. I convert the files to Iso coated v2 300.
What happens, ...
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setting up CMYK gradient's to transparent on top of other CMYK colors? ("Overprint Fill"?)
I stepped away from print design for a while and forget somethings and I have rush job.
With latest version of adobe illustrator and setting up CMYK gradient's to transparent on top of other CMYK ...
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Laser printer faintly printing where it shouldn't be [closed]
I am not sure what to call this problem, but the laser printer (HP Color Laser Jet Pro) is doubling some of the print where it shouldn't be in a faint way. How could I fix this, or what is this ...
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why do printers always suggest bitmap for black and white images?
If I have two virtually similar files:
1200DPI Bitmap TIFF, placed in InDesign with 100%K
1200DPI CMYK TIFF, same art as #1, lineart thresholded and now at 100%K
And both are on white backgrounds (...
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Printed PDF has black box instead of shadow
We received a PDF from our client to forward it to the printing house (I hope that is the correct english term, I'm talking about offset print) and later we combine the printed result with our product....
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Print color mode and print flier size
Am using coreldraw X7, so can I use RGB color mode for print fliers, CMYK is actually producing dull colors which I don't like and also what is the standard size (in inch) for print fliers...
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Exporting InDesign PDF with RGB converted to CMYK, colours look dark and muted?
I am working on a publication in InDesign, working on a 2019 Macbook Pro display, in which there are around 300 links to images. Some images are in RGB, and some in CMYK. Here is an example of an ...
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Export settings for commercial printer when using CMYK-converted pictures
I have pictures that are already converted to PSO coated v3 -profile. Wich settings are correct for the export in this case?
My Indesign color management is set to "Preserve numbers/ignore linked ...
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