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    Posted by Steven Griffiths on 16 August 2003 at 11:09

    How do you acheive a sharp high quality print on a jetster? The outcome of some of our prints has been poor pixlelated and fuzzy. Is a tiff file the best to use? and is it possible to print in eps format?
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    Mark Tunnicliffe replied 22 years ago 7 Members · 13 Replies
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  • Lee Attewell

    Member
    17 August 2003 at 03:14

    I don’t know exactly but are you trying to print the image way larger than the original?

  • Jon Aston

    Member
    19 August 2003 at 13:23

    Jetster is more than capable of delivering very fine looking hi res prints. You might want to have a look at the original artwork you are working with…file format, file resolution, size, etc…probably best to throw this question of the folks at Spandex.

  • Jon Aston

    Member
    19 August 2003 at 13:47

    Jetster is more than capable of delivering very fine looking hi res prints. You might want to have a look at the original artwork you are working with…file format, file resolution, size, etc…probably best to throw this question of the folks at Spandex.

  • Jon Aston

    Member
    19 August 2003 at 13:52

    Ooops….

    Sorry folks. Kept getting an error when posting…figured the post wasn’t taking.

  • Steven Griffiths

    Member
    20 August 2003 at 20:17

    Thanks for the advice chaps. Probably time to call in the man from spandex.
    I ve been working with files customers have sent me, usually in tiff format. Thing is i’m only allowed to go up to a certain file size when working on the images (dont ask why, my boss doesnt like big files).

    So I take it you have to have the image set up to actual print size in photoshop?
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  • jon vital

    Member
    20 August 2003 at 21:07

    Your boss doesn’t like big files? Digital print is all about big file sizes. If you don’t have a good quality image to start with you won’t get a good print.

  • Alan

    Member
    20 August 2003 at 21:34

    I read somewhere that the rule of thumb is 75dpi at the actual print size.
    So if you have an original say 6 inches wide and you intend to print it out at 24 inches, the original file will need to be at 300dpi.
    300 divided by 4 = 75
    Or put another way; multiplied the 6 by 300dpi = 1800dots. Spread the 1800 over 24 inches and you end up with 75dpi.

    Stop sniggering at the back there 👿 just because you understand all of this better than I do 😕 doesn’t mean it won’t shed a little light for some. 😉

    Alan

  • Alan

    Member
    20 August 2003 at 21:35

    Sorry folks NTL’s right up the creek tonight. 👿

  • Alan

    Member
    20 August 2003 at 21:36

    sorry

  • Alan

    Member
    20 August 2003 at 21:36

    sorry

  • Steven Griffiths

    Member
    20 August 2003 at 21:41

    cheers alan, i’ll give it a go in the morning.

  • Dave Standen

    Member
    13 September 2003 at 07:59

    Hi Jag
    Your Jetster printing – you’ll always have problems if your working from scans. You need good artwork. You can also try a .pdf format, but good initial artwork is paramount.
    Are you printing or farmin g out?
    Regards Dave Standen

  • Mark Tunnicliffe

    Member
    15 September 2003 at 11:29

    Dave is right, the quality of the artwork is critical, for example a high-res photo image around 1500x600mm can be 6-700mb when exported as an EPS, and when its ripped can create a file well over a Gb in size.

    MArk

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