What are your artwork guidelines for resolution?

When preparing your artwork to send to us, please always check the resolution of your print files.

Our high resolution printing processes requires images of around 300dpi (although for large format posters – A2 size and above – images of 100 dpi are usually adequate). Anything less may appear pixelated when printed. Documents to be large format, as created are scaled to the appropriate format. When the size of your document is smaller than that of the desired product, the resolution of the image data will be reduced.
Colour images should have a minimum of 225 dpi and 300 dpi at best.
PDF documents for good quality (image data should not fall below a resolution of 300 dpi).
A photograph or other pixel based image needs a resolution of 300 dpi to be printed.
Word or Powerpoint documents – please note that Microsoft Office brings high-resolution image data down to 200 dpi. Exceptions are files in EPS format.
Normally all popular image formats are fine, provided that the resolution is sufficient.

Optimal are graphics as vector-based EPS/AI/PDF files, because they can be scaled without loss. Otherwise, please use images in JPEG format with maximum quality and minimum compression.

In Office applications, please always use pictures in RGB colour mode, as CMYK images do not display colour correctly. This false representation is reflected in the print again.

Please check the resolution of your images carefully; simply because they look good on screen does not mean they will print properly!