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[Michael Traffanstead]

And when your creating a PDF you can specify the resolution of
included images (which are typically embedded as a JPEG) but this
defeats the entire reason for using PSD.  You really want to use
vector PSD for printing if it's possible for your workflow.

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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