I ´d like to ask, I am creating the poster that should be A4, 600 dpi pdf,
I have never made the poster with this dpi. When I created the file, I have noticed that
the dimensions are higher, so now the file is more than A4, I tried to print one sample to see the result,and the file was resized automaticaly and created the white borders.
Could you, please, advise me how to properly prepare the file?
as you need it to be A4 you need to make sure that your image size is set to mm not pixels 210x297 in this case. I am presuming that your printer is not the issue. A normal desktop printer even if set not to scale page will still not be able to print to the edge thus creating narrow white margins
Yes, I check out mm, they are okey, but when I print from Photoshop, I tried various settings, but still the some part is cropped, at the left side or at the right side.
Assuming the poster is to be printed by a commercial printer, select A4 from the Print presets to which you can add 3mm extra to each edge for bleed (assuming the poster's contents is bleeding). Work in RGB colour mode and a resolution of 300 PPI (after checking the type of PDF with the printer, if possible), output to PDF/X-4 with Use Document Bleed Settings and Crop Marks ticked.
Note: 600PPI creates larger than necessary document, and 300PPI will normally suffice – and the term is PPI –Pixels Per Inch, not DPI which is Dots Per Inch and is the term for the resolution of printers, such as laser and ink-jet printers.
Thank you for all your responds, yes, I use this setting for other types of prints, but this is a little bit different situation, it is not a classical poster, it is an illustration for riso graph, but curently it is necessary to prepare it just for the samle, on standard home printer, without any bleed and crop marks, just like standard document, the requierement was 600 dpi, rgb, A4, but when i try to print it, there are problems, the sample is cropped on some sides. I am enclosing the preview.
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