We can output from any application MAC & PC. Quark Xpress, InDesign, PageMaker, Illustrator, Freehand, Corel Draw, Canvas, Photoshop, Photopaint, Publisher, Power Point, Word and all other graphic and presentation programs.If your application of choice is not listed, please ask.

Vector based programs

Illustrator, Corel Draw, Freehand, Canvas and some others are vector based programs (with the capability to add raster images). Vector artwork can be scaled infinitely without any loss in detail as the curves, lines and text (when converted to paths) have a mathematical formula built into them, no matter how you stretch it and resize it, the output will always be smooth.Vector based artwork therefore has no resolution and does not need any other intervention other than selecting the right colours in the CMYK palette.

Raster based Programs

Photoshop and Paintshop Pro and are raster based. When dealing with photos or artwork constructed in programs like Photoshop, the correct resolution needs to determined at the start, this should be usually 300dpi in order to maintain a good clean image.You can’t successfully add resolution to an image without losing detail, but when printing large images we do have the ability to ‘bump’ it up a little. Large posters are usually viewed from a certain distance so any ‘jaggies’ are not noticeable and in the case of large banners, a file size of one fifth of the final size can give good results and save lots of file size.

Publisher, Powerpoint, Excel, Word: Be sure to include any fonts that you are using in your document.These programs are not the typical page layout programs and do not warn of any missing fonts – the program just does its own substitution.It will be a great help to send a hard copy or pdf file in order to check that content has been preserved.

If at all possible, please send us the file in Adobe Acrobat PDF file format.If you are using Adobe Acrobat Distiller, make sure you do not have ‘Downsampling’ turned on (after all, you have been working at the correct resolution, you don’t want Acrobat to take it away!), and make sure no bitmap compression is used to ensure the best quality images. Include ALL fonts. Do not allow font substitution. With all these parameters checked, output should print as you intended.

Please email enquiries@ islandscan.com or call André Digard on 01481 259188.

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