Find your Printer Service
July 6, 2010 at 11:44 am | Posted in Desktop Publishing, On the web, Print, printing, Tutorials | 2 CommentsTags: Commercial Printer, Digital Prepress, print shops, service bureaus, stochastic screening
To help you in your search there is a list of questions to ask print shops and service providers. Their answers should determine which printer is the best for you.
If you are interested in a Digital Prepress Service Provider then you might want to consider these questions: Continue Reading Find your Printer Service…
Backup your projects
July 2, 2010 at 7:41 pm | Posted in Desktop Publishing, Tutorials, Work | Leave a commentTags: backing up your work, Backup, copies, disks, external hard drive, removable disk, restore files
Bad things happen. Murphy law says that your computer will crash just when you need it most.
A hard drive failure, you deleted accidentally a project folder or reformatted the entire drive, deleting everything. It’s impossible to plan all disasters, but by backing up your work, you can keep your data safe. When something does occur, you’re able to restore your files and keep working.
Backup refers to routinely updated copies of your most commonly used files. Your type library and image libraries should already exist on an external hard drive, and your applications and operating system can be restored from the original hard. Continue Reading Backup your projects…
Planning Print Projects
June 29, 2010 at 9:25 am | Posted in Desktop Publishing, On the web, printing, Printing specs, Tutorials | Leave a commentTags: budget planning, planning projects, prepress, printing costs
Every printed project is a combination of budget, time and quality. Working through each one of these items ensures that your printed result meets the best quality/time/money ratio.
When you start planning you have to first determine the job requirements. Remember that EVERYTHING costs something and no one likes to be surprised by the final cost of a project.
Budget is by far the strongest influence on design and production. As much as everyone would like four-color logos, brochures, and catalogs, it is just too expensive for most projects. Therefore, you must keep the project parameters within the limits of what you are able to spend. Continue Reading Planning Print Projects…
File Naming Conventions
June 28, 2010 at 4:17 pm | Posted in Desktop Publishing, On the web, Tutorials | 2 CommentsTags: file extensions, File Naming, Naming Conventions, naming projects
As you already read in my previous post, I’m preaching about working organized. I do believe that working like this saves you a lot of time and in the world we are living in I don’t think there is time to waste.
File Naming is another thing that can help you save time. If your files are called ‘brochure_good_final’ then you have to read this post.
Take the time and develop a consistent system for naming your files. Doing so will allow you to identify your files more readily, and you’ll find it much easier Continue Reading File Naming Conventions…
Last-Minute Project Transport
June 28, 2010 at 10:36 am | Posted in Desktop Publishing, Fonts, Tutorials, Work | Leave a commentTags: fonts and projects, planning projects, prepare project for print, sending projects
The client says OK and the project is ready to go to the printer. After you prepared the file for print you should also keep in mind a few tips:
• Always send the entire font families. Even if you’re positive that you only used one typeface variation, supply the suitcase and all accompanying printer fonts. Some fonts may ship with multiple suitcases. If so, provide all of them.
• Don’t forget any fonts that may reside in imported vector-based graphics, like Illustrator EPS files. They may not register as being used in your page layout program, but they are required to print. For the best results, convert any type used in FreeHand or Illustrator to outlines before saving and importing the graphic. This way, the font is not required. Continue Reading Last-Minute Project Transport…
Check files for print in Indesign
April 27, 2010 at 4:15 pm | Posted in Desktop Publishing, Print, printing, Printing specs, Tutorials | Leave a commentTags: indesign set up for print, indesign tutorial, set file for print
Working in Indesign can be a pleasure or a huge pain if you are not very organized, especially when you have documents with many pages. I like to work clean and to check items before I place them but at the end I recheck things, just to be sure.
First, you should have a look at you page panel, the pages with a little square near let’s you know what pages contain transparency.
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