Paul Rj MullerArchitecture IT Systems Manager

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Plotting & Color Management Throwdown

Color Management CMYK & RGB

Common Image File Format

Plotting Basics & Troubleshooting

Design for Print

There is no way to create a Monitor which displays CMYK,

Your eyes don't work that way

Light doesn't work that way

Choose your Weapon

DO NOT PRINT

PSD, or AI Files

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Vector & Raster

Vector files are made up of equations(ai,pdf,dwg)

Vector is good for Text & LineworkUsually smaller files

Raster is a matrix of every pixel (gif,jpg,psd)Raster is good for Pictures & PhotographsGenerally larger files

Rasterized TextFuzzy, Hazy Edges on text

Vector TextClean Crisp Lines

Output

The bigger the filethe longer it takes

Our Test File<------ 34” ------>

/\|

8”|\/

If the file width is less than 36” print portrait

If the file width is more than 36” Rotate ... then print portrait

Avoid scale to fit

Plotting by the Numbers

1

Page Size

2

3

4

5

Check your page orientation

36 x 48 pts

Check your sizes

Under document preview in print dialog

This is what a landscape mismatch looks like

Plotter Limits

150 DPI Maximum

34” x 80” Maximum

Troubleshooting

If your having problems come to the Plot room.

Leave your system as it was and we can troubleshoot the problem and hopefully work with

you to correct it.

LCD issueLCD's typically show your work as brighter and

more vibrant than it will print. This is a side effect of the process used to create images on

an LCD,

Your documents will print darker than you think

Proof your work on a CRT monitor in the department before you click print.

Time ManagementPrinting is not a secondary act, it is the final representation of what your work will be seen

as.

Give yourself time to do it right.

Last minute jobslook that way

every time

We now return you to the Sultry Sounds of

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His Orchestra...