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November 17, 2018
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Hi,

My advert will be printed in a magazine. I created the advert in Illustrator, I used a mix of photos and vectors and I'm just wondering if I save the file through Illustrator will the quality of the photos being printed in the poster will be as good as if I have done it in Photoshop?

Also, if you have any recommendation on setting I can do to get the best results when printing, please do let me know.

Much appreciated,

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Correct answer ceyhun_akgun

As PDFX3 2002 through Adobe Illustrator, save your file as PDF. Give the bleed value, but you don't need to put the sign lines. Digits re-placed in the digital assembly program

Check the size of the images in the Link panel. You can see high resolution when you open it from Photoshop. However, you may have expanded the file in Illustrator.

The resolution value should be 350 ppi for the 70s. 304 ppi corresponds to 60 degrees.

Of course all colors must be CMYK. No extra colors are used in magazine prints.

If the magazine is thick, gutter is high, leave enough space for the inside value.

The magazine can be printed with webofset. Keep the total ink limit value from 280 to 320.

ceyhun_akgunCorrect answer

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As PDFX3 2002 through Adobe Illustrator, save your file as PDF. Give the bleed value, but you don't need to put the sign lines. Digits re-placed in the digital assembly program

Check the size of the images in the Link panel. You can see high resolution when you open it from Photoshop. However, you may have expanded the file in Illustrator.

The resolution value should be 350 ppi for the 70s. 304 ppi corresponds to 60 degrees.

Of course all colors must be CMYK. No extra colors are used in magazine prints.

If the magazine is thick, gutter is high, leave enough space for the inside value.

The magazine can be printed with webofset. Keep the total ink limit value from 280 to 320.

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Monika Gause

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ceyhun_akgun schrieb
Of course all colors must be CMYK. No extra colors are used in magazine prints.

Then you'd better not save a PDF/X-3, because it allows that RGB colors stay is the document when working with inadequte options.

But we still do not know the magainze peoples' requirements.

Mike_Gondek10189183

Community Expert

Every magazine has an artwork submission requirements. That will tell you what file formats they accept, and what the effective resolution needs to be.

Below are my recommendations but follow the magazines artwork submission requirements

Most magazines are 150 lpi screen lithography in USA. Your effective resolution should be 300 dpi. Most magazines will accept a .pdf format file, with PDF/X compression and document color mode of CMYK.

J

jdanek

Inspiring

"Your effective resolution should be 300 dpi."

Er, better to say "Your effective 'image' resolution should be 300ppi"; especially when advising beginners. As with any print project, the first step is to communicate with the print vendor, whether it be a magazine or a poster. For one thing, magazines are typically printed web offset and posters are typically printed sheetfed. I'd like to know what the post means by "setting" because there are a slew of them. It might not be a bad idea for the post to get his/her hands on Adobe's Print Publishing Guide.

Monika Gause

Community Expert

Talk to the magazine ad department.

ASAP. They are the only ones who can tell you which requirements they have.

We don't even know in which country they print it and the requirements vary based on a lot of factors. You have to meet those requirements and without knowing them nobody can tell you anything.

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