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Digital Printing

The Printery's digital colour printer prints single & double sided - in a variety of finished sizes (smaller than A5 to oversized A3).

The digital colour printer produces excellent image quality with clear text and vivid, true-to-life colour, and can handle heavy stocks up to 280 gsm.

Examples of products suited to digital printing include:

• Posters
• Brochures
• Catalogues
• Manuals
• Financial reports
• Books / Covers
• Conference and trade show materials
• Personalised mailouts

Image Considerations

As with any other high quality print medium, the lower the quality of your source image, the poorer the quality of your reproduction.

* ARTWORK IS TO BE SUPPLIED AS PDF *

Most common layout programs (QuarkXPress, InDesign, PageMaker) can be used to supply artwork as a PDF. Standard image file formats such as EPS, TIFF, JPEG, BMP, etc. are OK.

You can use CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yelllow & Black) or RGB (Red, Green & Blue) files – Microsoft Ofifice programs are RGB - our colour management software will convert RGB images into the CMYK mix required for digital reproduction – RGB are for viewing on screen and will not print as they look on your monitor. Ask for a proof before ordering.

In terms of image resolution, the same 300 dpi images used for offset are equally suitable for digital printing. As with any offset print run, images of lower resolution can be used, with a compromise in ultimate image quality. On the other hand, images with resolution greater than 600 dpi will only waste processing time and will not give you a better result. ( For further information on Xerox Digital Printing Click Here (large File ~2.7 MB).

 

BEFORE SUBMITTING YOUR ARTWORK TO PRINT Make sure you have embedded all fonts and images and include any necessary files. * Remember with printing, paper quality has a direct bearing on print quality and output colour. Contact us to find out what suits your needs. Creating PDFs Acrobat PDF is the preferred format for delivering files to print. However, you have to make sure the PDF is made with the correct settings in ‘Distiller’. Make sure to: • Embed all fonts • Leave colours unchanged • Save the PDF as high resolution (minimum downsampling of 300dpi) • Leave the file uncompressed

 

It is always recommended to proof your jobs before printing and supply a hard copy as well as electronic.

Ring the Printery on x7385 or x7395 for more information.

 

 

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