Questions tagged [print-production]
Questions about the production process of printed materials.
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Photoshop Color Management: Proof with Xerox Versalink C500 different from CMYK production printer?
I'm having a hard time getting accurate colors between calibration on my monitor; a Xerox C500 i'm using to proof, and the end result when sent to our production printer. I'm not sure exactly where my ...
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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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What quality of canvas should i use to print?
I'm very new at graphic art, actually this is my first canvas so i didn't really check the size and quality of my canvas before starting my drawing. And honestly i would'nt know how, these numbers are ...
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Pantone for printing
I have a project of packaging. I ask my printer if the file should be in cmyk and he said that he only work with Pantone.
Is it normal? Doesn’t it cost a lot for Pantone?
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Die cut for packaging
I have to make the design for a box of chocolates for a company. The client gave me the box and said to take the measurements for the design. Am I supposed to make the die cut? I thought it was the ...
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Best way to add bleed to outline of image - Photoshop CC
Wanting to add bleed to this image. I've so far made a cut line in illustrator and am wondering if there is a way like content aware in which I can create more image but only around the outline? I was ...
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Is Pantone becoming antiquated?
This may be a bit of a rant but maybe I am missing something.
The more I dive into Pantone color matching the more I am starting to think it's all worthless. I have been a graphic designer for many ...
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What resolution should a large format artwork for print be?
For wall-sized graphics and large banners (e.g. 3m × 5m), what is an acceptable PPI for print?
As I understand it 300 ppi is the typical for 'small' artworks (esp. for clean text resolution). However, ...
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Large format export
I am tasked with retouching a variety of decorations to be used across small and large format print (up to 2000H x 3000mm W).
What would be the best export, resolution and size settings to use? I am ...
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How do I get deep blacks on print?
I bought a Pixma ip8750 to try and make my first steps in printing. It does print in hexachromy, so it has a grey, a dye black and a pigmented black. However the results I am getting in b&w prints ...
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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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How to keep the colour of a logo visually the same on digital platforms and on print?
The design is to be printed on product packagings and also to be on the client’s social media profiles. The goal is for their customers to see the same colour visually in both places.
When designing, ...
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CMYK image resize/shrink TIFF file/add registration marks
New to the forum and graphic design. I am a veteran screen printer.
I've recently gone into business for myself, and I am having the hardest time hiring freelance graphic designers. I've recently ...
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ISO a simple web tool to approximate on screen, a printed color
My question is almost too unsophisticated for this site, but I need only a simple answer, not a perfect one.
I know if I create something that's blue, it might look darker (purple?) when it's printed.
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Is it possible to print anything over foil-print?
Is it possible to print anything over the foil print or would you need to mask the foil and fill in the colours?
For example - this packaging design: https://www.prettylittlething.com/isle-of-...
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Offset printing 4 color text vs only tint of black
I'm setting up a process color offset printed letterhead and I have found thin 8pt (Acumin Pro Light) text--address line--set as a 4-color break (C38 M29 Y24 K5). Is it better to convert this to a ...
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Printing a poster from pdf results in wrong colors
I have A0 poster with 2 science images that were taken by a spacecraft. On top of it I have graphs and some text. When I print it as A4 pdf on my office small printer - the colors are fine. When I ...
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Is 300+ DPI Overkill?
I have a series of Artwork, digitally stored, where I am looking to print them off as Giclee Prints. Never created Giclee Prints before, I have spent time looking at what constitutes a Giclee Print. ...
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Creating part of an image as example for A2 print
I need to be able to supply a photo of part of a large print -mainly A2. Larger prints will be produced by a commercial company. I suppose I need to set the printer page size to A2 and then view it on ...
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How are French Grande size(47" x 63") movie posters printed?
I'm really curious, what kind of printing press were used to print the French movie posters to 47" x 63"?
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Printer says there's a white text layer behind my text that I can't see on photoshop
I created some designs for print on photoshop and when I save as a photoshop PDF, the printers are saying they see some white text behind the copy on a particular line. This is really perplexing to me ...
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Do printshops charge more to non-designer clients?
Whenever I go to a printshop I try to give them the most suitable and high quality print-ready files, so that they do not need to take any extra steps or adjust things on the way (although they ...
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What is a good site to explore all of the different print materials?
I am new to design and looking to get more familiar with different materials available to print on, different paper weights, learn about vinyls, etc. Does anyone know of some good sources to learn ...
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Letterpress machine for hobbyist?
can anyone suggest a small letterpress machine for a beginner? It's for personal use only. I absolutely love this print technology and have been watched countless videos on youtube. Can anyone suggest ...
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Epson Printer Prints weird Yellow Magenta Cyan ending [closed]
Based on this thread they recommended I post my printer problem here. My Epson L4260 prints this weird output at the end of only glossy photo paper print from Microsoft Word. I tried using the laptop ...
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batch processing markdown into a template
I have an existing PSD template for a print design, though I can change that to anything else for the purposes of this project.
I want to use GPT to batch create a set of markdown files that I am ...
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InDesign template for calendar printing
I am designing our company's annual calendar and to speed up the process I purchased this template.
My question is, the creator of the template set the pages up as 11x17" (so the image is at the top, ...
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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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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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my team in Asia always asks for AI format but my customer only wants to give PDF files
Help..... I am a graphic novice and have a potentially basic question.
I manufacture in Asia and my team there always asks for AI format files to do the printing of packaging. My client fights ...
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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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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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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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Why can't you get one-off stickers/vinyls printed?
I am trying to find sites that can create one(or two)-off stickers/vinyls that are transparent. From what I am getting is that it may not be profitable enough to make it worth the company's time but ...
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What home printer would allow for exact alignment of front and back?
Note: I'm not a graphic designer, but this seemed like the most relevant place to post. Feel free to send me off somewhere else if I'm not in the right place.
I would like to make some notebooks with ...
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What is the best software for creating exam paper template?
I regularly create exam papers in Photoshop with two types of pages: left and right.
We create the questions in Word and then add them into Photoshop. However, this process takes a lot of time and ...
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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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Printing photographs when job is a 2 spot color job
my client is printing a newsletter and they are using only two spot colors and neither is black. The newsletter contains photos so what are my options? Can I make the photos gray-scale and then use ...
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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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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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Which software to quickly format and edit a price list
I've been trying to design a price list using Photoshop, and it just feels like there should be a more efficient way to do it than writing and aligning boxes of text. I am trying to design something ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Is it possible to print different foils on one area?
I have turned to this forum to see if someone could hopefully point me in the right direction.
I have had a graphic designer create a double-sided label my business requires. Almost think of it like a ...
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