Is Monday the 13th as unlucky as Friday the 13th. It felt like it to me after having to reprint a couple of jobs. Or is that just me being stupid.

Customer	Status	Description
LD GC John AC Robert KF Ruth Ross Chris es SR SS SS SR Jenni katherine	In Production Finished Retouched Printed Printed Order Order Printed Ordered design In Production Finished Finished Printed Order Order	5000 4/4 postcards for Love Dartmouth 10x10 inch Art Canvas Reprint 2x Black and White Family Canvas Prints 14 x 10 inch. 8 large s/d Vinyl Prints for drinks company for the side of Air Hostess Trolleys. 8 s/d Vinyl Prints for drinks tray A0 Football Print 2pp A0 Football Prints A0 Scan and Photo Print 5pp a4 on Foamex 5 800x25 Panoramic Reprints on Foamex 4 A3 Photos on Foamex 7 A4 Photos on Foamex 7 a1 posters 3 Banners Stands Lectern 56x120 on 5mm foamex Lectern 90x110 on 5mm foamex Mod 4500x914 on 5mm foamex Mod 2743x800 on 5mm foamex 5000 4/4 postcards Correction to PDF Convert bitmap image to vector Fridge Magnets 12x18 inch canvas of Girl Photo print with text on it. Size to be confirmed

Poster, Canvas and repro Job in production

We have gained a new client today which was good as they ordered 56 A1 Photo print that were laminated and mounted onto 5mm foamex. The Job had to be turned around in 24 hours as the art exhibition is tomorrow. Nothing like leaving it to the last minuet.

Customer	Status	Description
1V AC RP ESWS SS AC SS KingsD Green	Finished Finished Finished Finished Finished Finished Finished Finished Printed	20 A1 poster on Blue Back - Babacombe 100 A4 Print Laminated Mounted 2mm card + Strut 80 Fine art prints 30x36 cm Event Boards Name Boards Table Front Convert Logo to 2,3,4 colours P&P Boards on 5mm Foamex - 2.4m x 0.5 20 x A4 Poster prints Art Collage expo Prints - 56 A1 Photo print laminated and mounted 20x12 inch canvas print of holiday snap 16x12 inch canvas print of dogs

A lot of business use Graphic Designers to produce their posters for printing and I would suggest this is the best option instead of designing your own posters if you want a quality design. But sometimes having a poster design may not be cost effective for you. Maybe you are wanting to design a Wanted poster for a Birthday party, or a poster for a charity event or for school.

So what I would suggest that you do is download a programme for free from www.adobe.com and as long as you have not done it before then you can download Photoshop, Illustrator or Indesign for free for 30 days. This is a much better option than trying to struggle will Word or PowerPoint.

Once you have downloaded the software you can then start designing your posters.
See the below tips for designing a poster.

Keep your viewer in mind.
Have a short sharp headline.
Simple but stunning image - Try and keep it to one image like a movie poster.
Use clean simple typefaces (That people can read)
Don't have to much info. For example if someone is driving past a poster they need to read the important bits.
Telephone or website in large type.
Use a call to action - Like "Order Today" or "Buy Online"
Find a place where you can get poster prints from like us.

Good luck - And if you get stuck then we can design it for you!

When it comes to large poster printing, don't think that you have to order your posters in the A0 A1 A2 or A3 sizes. This is a common misconseption by quite a few new customers as they think their large posters will have to be printed at the above sizes. Because we print onto a roll of paper that can be up to 1118mm then size does not matter.

This means you can order the bespoke custom poster size that you need. If you have a bespoke poster size then give us a call or contact us for a price as we could save you money on your print.

The other advantage by coming to us for your large poster printing is that we will check your files over before printing and will report back to you if there is a quality issues with the artwork you supply.

You do not have to have your large poster printing onto paper as there are other substrate that my be better for your projects. For example we can print onto outdoor waterproof substrate or produce Foamex Panels that are printed and laminated. So please give us a call on 01803 866060 or contact us for any questions or help.

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This Picture makes a lovely Canvas Print or Photo Print.

The Dartmoor Waterfall Picture below is in 3D and to view it you will need 3d anaglyph glasses.

Click here to see the 2D version.



You can buy the 2D version of this picture as a 30x16 inch canvas print or photo print.
When ordered you will also get a Free pair of Cardboard 3d Glasses and a 32cmx16cm Photo Print in 3D.
Order now here....

High resolution images are required for printing, but how high depends on the viewing distance.

But first you need to understand What DPI, PPI and LPI means. (If you know this Skip to resizing images)

DPI means Dots Per Inch (DPCM means Dots Per CM)
In application like Photoshop they use the term PPI or PPCM The First P just stands for Pixels.
DPI tends to get used more often than in PPI in conversations about size of photographs. But in general the following should be used.
DPI - Refers to Dots per inch on printers like inkjets or Imagesetters and DTP Systems.
PPI - Simply refers to Pixels per Inch for digital images and Monitors.
LPI - Which refers to the screening of traditional print like magazines. Often written as oftern 175# or refered to as "Screen Rulling"

This is an example of if you were taking an image to Digital Print, Photo Prints and Canvas Prints.
The Image is viewed at 72PPI on Screen - The image resolution should be set to at least 150PPI - The inkjet printer would be printing at least 2400 DPI  - (LPI is not used because no screen ruling is used).

This is an example of if you were taking an image to Traditional Litho Print.
The Image is viewed at 72PPI on Screen - The image resolution should be set to at least 300PPI - The imagesetter or CTP System will be set to at least 2400 DPI  - The screen ruling for the Images on the printing plate will be between 133# to 200# This is defined by the quality of the paper.

Resizing images

First of all you need to know what the  PPI needs to be for you printed product.

For Fine Art Prints and Magazine prints the PPI needs to be about 300 PPI (120 PPCM Aprox)
For Canvas and Photo Prints the PPI needs to be at least 150 PPI (60 PPCM Aprox)
For Large Posters that are being viewed from a few meters or more then you can go as low as 72 PPI (30PPCM Aprox)

Now if you own a copy of Photoshop then you can constrain the width hight and resolution to adjust your image to the correct resolution for print.

If you don't have photo shop but you know the pixel width and hight of the image then use the sum below
Example of an image that is 3000 x 2000 Pixels

(Please not that for PPCM has been rounded of to the nearest 10 to make the calculation simpler)

For Inches (example for canvas prints at 150 PPI)
x PIXELS ÷ y PPI = z Inches
3000 PIXELS ÷ 150 PPI = 20 Inches
2000 PIXELS ÷ 150 PPI = 13.33 Inches

For CM (example for canvas prints at 60PPCM)
x PIXELS ÷ y PPCM = z CM
3000 PIXELS ÷ 60 PPCM = 50 CM
2000 PIXELS ÷ 150 PPCM = 33.33 CM

If your image is two small then there is some software on the market that will grow your image better that Photoshop.
However when growing an image it does not work to well on jpg images that have lost quality due to being compressed to much.

If you are ordered a canvas print or photo print from us then we can grow your image for Free.