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[Michael Traffanstead]

If you're doing large format printing you will want to use vector
graphics, not raster which will rule out jpeg or png.

Most print shops support PS, PSD and SVG. When using these formats
make sure your using vector output and not putting a raster image in
them (which they support).

Done properly it will scale up to any output size at any DPI without
any pixelization or "jaggies". That's why print shops use these
formats.

Note that vector graphic files are typically smaller than the
equivalent raster file, unless it's a very complex design.

Mike

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On Apr 7, 2012, at 10:10 PM, David Roth <davidalanroth at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've noticed that when I've take a large file graphic image, that PDF
> makes a smaller file out of the whole thing. I'm wondering if there is
> a way to tell PDF not to do that to allow the printer to munch on the
> higher quality image?
>
> David Roth
>
> On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 10:05 PM, Rolan Yang <rolan at omnistep.com> wrote:
>> On 4/6/2012 4:26 PM, David Roth wrote:
>>>
>>> I want to be able to take the output of this on a USB flash drive (or
>>> DVD-ROM) to a professional printer that is using 11 x 17 color laser
>>> printers. I want to make this as easy as possible for the printer, so
>>> they just open the file for printing and go, without any sort of
>>> adjustments or problems.
>>>
>>> What PHP graphics libraries and techniques would be best for this?
>>> Any tips for creating a high quality PDF file for the printer? Or
>>> should this be provided in another file format?
>>> Any tips for working with aligning with pre-cut cards? Thanks!
>>>
>>> ...
>>
>>
>> My vote is for an output in pdf format.
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