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Designer and files question
Hi guys.
We have employed a designer. He mainly works in Photoshop and illustrator. We have bought signlab for him as well, though he prefers to work with ps and illy.
My question is, how should we be getting the finished files from him?
Bearing in mind the files are opened by staff who simply put the vinyl in the plotter or printer and press go. We don’t want them messing with the files at all.Banners for example we will get PDFs, jpegs or signlab files.
How do you get your files from the designer
Thanks and MERRY CHRISTMAS XX
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5 Replies
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Usually pdfs but need to be wary to make sure the design renders correctly when printing as different interpreters can cause discrepancies between what the designer has created and what gets printed. When there are issues I normally request a jpg to print from. When vinyl cutting a pdf or eps is normally fine but fonts and outlines need to be converted to curves by the designer prior to saving
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I find flexisign can have issues with some pdf’s…….I always preview or open in photoshop to ensure what is in Flexi is correct.
john
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the files need to be imported direct into the rip, by staff who can’t alter the file etc
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Even different rips can interpret files that consist of vectors/fades and a combination of rendered and vector drawn images differently. I have been caught out a number of times when I think I have printed the same as I am seeing on screen only to notice subtle differences later. A file that is already rendered (e.g a jpg) gets around this problem but is subject to its own limits of resolution (which a vector drawn pdf isn’t). So to summarise – a vector drawn pdf is preferable (providing checks are in place to ensure it is rendered correctly when printed). Otherwise use an image that is already rendered such as a jpg providing it is of a sufficiently high resolution to be used for the purpose
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I have 1 main "clients" folder.
In that folder I have 26 folders (A,B,C….Z)
Each client goes to the appropriate folder (first letter) Example, Vodafone folder is located in V folder
Inside that folder I will have folders marked as 001 – ford wrapping, 002-wall graphics etc etc.
In every folder I have / for every job I have:
Design file (AI or CorelDraw in my case)
Cut file (AI or CorelDraw in my case) File cleaned and set up on a 1200mm art board ready for cutting.
Print file. (PDF in my case)Months / year later if van/ artwork is damaged I go to the same folder and use the same cut or print file.
Hope this helps.
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