How to get transparency to print correctly

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January 20, 2025
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Hi,

I created a business card for print. My business card includes an image with transparency. How can I ensure that it prints correctly? I was told there could be issues, but I am unsure how to optimize it.

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jdanek

Inspiring

Have you printed a proof yet? Does you image blend into a colored background? It will be really difficult to diagnose a problem if there is one without seeing the file. Who told you there could be issues? Is this the first time you have attempted to use transparency?

Monika Gause

Braniac

Could you perhaps be more precise about the nature of the design?

What kind of file do they expect from you?

How will it be produced?

M

MateomonoAuthor

Known Participant

@Monika Gause

But if I edit my image in Photoshop with lower opacity and then export it as a PNG into Illustrator, would that cause any problems?

Monika Gause

Braniac

The things that might happen are basically that you get stitching artifacts (white lines) in your PDF and that those print (rarely, but possible) or that you get YDB effects (rarely, but happens). Possible as well: resolution too low, which is entirely in your hands by choosing in the export and transparency flattening settings.

Depending on the nature of the design, you can take measures. Please post a screenshot.

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