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RMCrawley
RMCrawley
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January 29, 2018
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Ai document layout scaled down for large print.

  • January 29, 2018
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Hi, I'm really excited to see if I can get some help/guidance here.

The project is a printed board that will go on top of a roof on a small floating marina office.

The files are here so if anyone would like to help me they can see how I've set things up.

Dropbox - illustrator_file

There is a picture file, an Ai file and a PDF which I have exported from Illustrator.

To the numbers now..

The measurements are as follows:

6500 mm Long x 800 mm High

I can not make this to scale in Illustrator so the printer tells me I need to make this 25% of the original size and then he can scale this up.

To arrive at my Ai artboard measurements of 25%

6500 / 4 = 1625mm

800 / 4 = 200mm

All good ?

3mm bleed. All good ?

Then, there's an image. This is not the final version, there's really just some logos placed on here and an image.

What do you think for scaling this image? It's in the dropbox.

It's a PNG

12.6mb

4096 x 2734

How can I make sure than an image I put on this design is going to print ok?

I know about vector images and non vector images and obviously this is a raster image, but I just want to get some feedback about pixels on this document.

Document Raster Settings

This is a High Resolution 300 ppi

CMYK

thank you ! If anyone has any time to give me some advice or thumbs up or down, I'd appreciate it.

Matt.

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Correct answer CHMprepress

Measurements seems to be OK like the printer wanted.

But for your images you wil have to ask what the minimum resolution should be, ask the printer for this info.

The image now is at 284 ppi, but the images at the left are way to low I think, I see images at 59 ppi

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Monika Gause
Community Expert
Monika GauseCommunity Expert
Community Expert
January 29, 2018

Ask the service provider about minimum resolution. They know their machines.

But: to view this close enough to actually see pixels, you have to bring a ladder and climb to the sign. So as long as you can recognize a boat up there you should be fine. I'd rather worry about the size of the logos. Can anyone read them from below?

RMCrawley
RMCrawleyAuthor
Known Participant
January 29, 2018

Thanks Monika,

I'll have to work out the logo scenario as there may be more joining the party just yet.

The floating office is on a jetty which rises and falls  about 1.5m. This same sign will be on all three sides ( maybe slightly different designs, but same logos )

thanks for your help. I usually deal with online stuff.

C
CHMprepressCorrect answer
Inspiring
January 29, 2018

Measurements seems to be OK like the printer wanted.

But for your images you wil have to ask what the minimum resolution should be, ask the printer for this info.

The image now is at 284 ppi, but the images at the left are way to low I think, I see images at 59 ppi

RMCrawley
RMCrawleyAuthor
Known Participant
January 29, 2018

Thanks for getting back. CHMprepress​

Do you mean the black image with Hi Octane is too low at 59ppi ? That item is a pdf.

Sorry for question within a question. I thought a pdf was good to resize, but it's nothing like a vector then ?

I will ask the printer, your right. I just wanted to get as far as I could as I've already been in touch with him twice.

C
CHMprepress
Inspiring
January 29, 2018

Yes the background on the left has some internal images and they are quit low in resolution.

Can't you get a better resolution file to use?

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