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What resolution should I use for large scale prints, and what file types?

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Question added by Sami Abdullatif , Technical Support Officer , H&E for Travel and tourism Operations
Date Posted: 2015/10/07
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I work with vectors so I never go less than 300, and file is pdf or tiff

sawssen kaabar
by sawssen kaabar , Graphic Designer , Carthage travel and events

for large scales for print the resolution must be between (100dpi-120dpi) will be perfect.

Color type: CMYK

File Type: .pdf .psd .eps .ai .tiff (with controling text it have to be vectorized if it's created on Illustrator and layers should be merged if it's created on photoshop so text wouldn't be changed in transfer to the printer)

Yaqoub Alomar
by Yaqoub Alomar , Civil Engineer , Al-Zubeir municipality

  • produce raster elements in Photoshop and output as TIFF files
  • create complex vector elements like logos or illustration in Illustrator and output as EPS or PDF files
  • compose the final artwork in InDesign, linking in the raster and vector files, adding text and simple vector elements like colour blocks.
  • output the composite PDF from InDesign, ensuring that raster elements are output at their native resolution, i.e. not downsampled to a particular output resolution.

Hasham Angolkar
by Hasham Angolkar , Freelance Web & Graphic Designer , Leaf Software Designing & Development Organisation

Magazines, Brochures, logos, stationary or anything that is on paper

Resolution - 300 pixel/inch

Color Type - CMYK

File Types - EPS, PSD, .Ai, .CDR, .PDF

 

For Flex, Vinyle and other large formats 

Resolution - 72 pixel/inch (printers prefer)

Color Type - CMYK

File Types - EPS, PSD, .Ai, .CDR, .PDF, PNG

 

comment if you need more help

 

Amit Amberker
by Amit Amberker , Looking for Creative Designing Projects which needs to be Done on Photoshop, Illustrator, CorelDRAW , Freelancer and Self Employed

Hello Rana Alnajjar,How are you Doing? Thank you for Inviting Me to Answer this Question.1. For Large Scale Prints you should Use DPI Resolution2. File Types should be .cdr OR .ai or .eps or .pdfYou can just Ask the Printer or your Client in which format do they Need the file. Accordingly you can Provide them the File. Hope this Helps.

Isa Mahdi
by Isa Mahdi , Graphic Designer , Bahrain Public Transport Company

image resolutions between 72 and 150 dbi. large format prints are meant to be viewed from a distance.

file formats: eps / pdf / tiff / psd / ai 

Lahiru Premarathna
by Lahiru Premarathna , Procurement Specialist , International Golden Group

this depends on the size and file types. for as an example if you are printing 3x4 meter popup, 100dpi is more than enough. but you should choose very good resolution rasters. normally if you have vector source files like eps, ai or pdf's will work fine

ZAKARYA AMEEN MOHAMMED  AL-ZABIDI
by ZAKARYA AMEEN MOHAMMED AL-ZABIDI , مدير مكتب الدعاية والإعلان , عسكران للتجارة العامة والإستيراد

Large image  72 pixels

Small image 300 pixels

file types

you can use custom and change the height and width as you want

 

Dimitri Santanna
by Dimitri Santanna , Digital Marketing Manager , Multi Nasional Mandiri

72 DPI or less (between 50-72) as long as the shortest side of the original picture (Bottom or side) length have a minimum length of 60cm, it should be good

Moataz Shaher
by Moataz Shaher , Graphic Designer , Media Print for Branding & Advertising

DPI is fine with the large scale printing , and the file type it depends on the printer machine you will print with , any way at usual( JPG,TIF, PDF) are the most file types we are using during printing . 

300dpi or 150dpi. File types that can be used are TIFF or PNG

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