Printing a logo off computer
I am designing a business card. I went on line and saved a clip art. When I go to print the logo on paper it is all digitized, ragged. What am I doing wrong? Or can't you do this?
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1492 wrote:
Vector graphics are resolution independent. If you downloaded the logo from the Net, was it a bitmap?Then it could very well be set for monitor resolution at either 72dpi or 96dpi? These will virtually always produce jagged images when printed.
You need to be using a bitmap image of at least 300dpi. Or try doing a search for a vector logo alternative with an .ai extension. When you import into your graphic program(?), it will need to be converted to a bitmap @300dpi. Make sure your biz card template is also set at 300dpi.
A vector graphics program such as Adobe Illustrator or equivalent is much better for laying out graphics for printing such as a biz card. You can easily resize the type/graphics without any loss in quality. That's not necessarily the case with a bitmap based program such as Photoshop, where you need to pay attention to you graphic resolution more carefully, in order to get the best printing results.
Yup, I looked and it sure enough it is 96 dpi. :(
Thanks everyone for all the info. Especially the one about resetting my bc template too. I would not have known about that.
Guess it's back to the drawing board.
