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Author Topic: i just made a marquee do i have to have it  (Read 1203 times)

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i just made a marquee do i have to have it
« on: September 10, 2005, 11:46:55 am »
Vectorize , in order to print out ??/
Or what do i have to do to print out  say 24" long x 10 high

can someone  explain how exactly what do i have to do in order to get clear printing results ..


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Re: i just made a marquee do i have to have it
« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2005, 07:24:06 pm »
Depends on what resolution you created it at...  If I were going to use non-vector art, I'd probably shoot for 300 dpi for the artwork, but I think I've read some people say as low as 150 will produce acceptable results.  If you created your artwork at a lower resolution than that, you'll have to redo it at a higher resolution.  There's no real way to scale up low resolution artwork and have it print well - that's why the vector art is so popular around here.
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Re: i just made a marquee do i have to have it
« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2005, 11:44:41 am »
On the DesignJet that I print with at Kinko's (I work there), even 100dpi will give acceptable results. I definitely would recommend keeping it higher, but if it's at 100dpi (at full size) or higher, I don't know if it's worth re-doing from scratch.

Most Kinko's use this same printer.
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