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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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Short Run Commercial Digital Printing Quality
I don't actually see a well-formed question here, but "Yes" digital printing is not good quality compared to offset press. The lines you describe are hallmarks of the process in my experience and are …
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Printing a transparent PDF document with alpha channel results in artifacts on the photo
I believe this is called "drop-off" or "ink drop-off" and it is especially problematic in gradients.
My basic understanding is that you are providing art with values that the ink dot cannot reproduce …
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Designing for a 6in x 9in book
Aesthetically speaking: as much white space as you can afford; Rule number 1 is that more than 2 typefaces is not allowed; rule number 2 is that rule number 1 is made to be broken at will.
For "saddl …
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Preparing a file to be printed
The basic principles still apply to inDesign, but ID may support more file formats than Freehand (which I have not used).
It is still a good idea to place images that are already sized properly for t …
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Black and white printing
My guess is that you copy the greyscale image, create an new CMYK image, paste the greyscale into each channel, and then adjust the curves on the CM and Y channels.
If I were you, I would talk about …
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How to view a unitless raster image at 1:1 given a desired print size?
You want to export the map as SVG or PDF which are Vector formats. These are scalable** without loss of quality. This way you will not need to specify pixel dimensions at all, leaving the rasterizatio …
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Inkjet Printing on plastic
You don't mention the length of the run, but for small numbers (especially for R&D), you might be able to use a laser printer. Laser printer (and xerox machine) toner is a fine plastic powder that is …
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Best dpi for printing a 48x18 inch at 200%?
You have fundamental lack of understanding about the process and terms.
DPI is dots per inch, and is a derived unit which requires dots and inches to calculate.
For computer images, inches have no me …
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When should I use rich black?
This is more of a community wiki sort of question, but the obvious problem is that with super-fine lines (small type sizes etc), your type may at the very least become fuzzy because of the dot screens …
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Can I reformat an old logo with a higher resolution?
You cannot "reformat" the PDF in a way that will make it appropriate.
You can do things to extract the image, and you can fuss with the numbers (pixel dimensions, dpi) so that the resulting file will …
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Printing from InDesign has correct margins, but not from Acrobat using exported PDF
I found a freeware command-line program a while back that can "bookletize" a pdf called pdfbklt. AFAIK, it was written in perl, so there are probably versions of it for linux, mac, etc. Unfortunately, …
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Preparing photographs for black and white photocopiers
What they say is true for photographs, which are continuous tone (have no dots (they actually do, but the are nearly molecular in size)).
HOWEVER: if you are printing a photograph on a laser printer …
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How can I achieve metallic gold effect? I need to laser-print golden fonts using an OKI C965...
Akin to what Stan Rogers was referring to: if you are doing a small-run (of 1), with a design that isolates text, you can use a metal foil that is designed to adhere to laser toner. Basically, you pla …
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InDesign Spread Pagination
When I have to do something really basic here (which I very rarely do i.e. almost never), I will create the PDF as spreads, and then pass the resultant pdf through an open source utility called pdfbki …
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What should a (technical) writer know about graphic design?
I'll throw a few tips out:
Ample margins
Don't double emphasize (bold italic underline exclamation point! Don't do it!)
Single line space between paragraphs OR indent first line
Look for ways to ali …
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