Re: final touches

Hi Victor --

Well the first thing you have to consider is that the type of paper and
the weight will affect the way your poster is going to look when its
printed.

Regardless of how much ink is used -- the "look" of your piece when it
is produced is heavily dependant on your choice of stock. Personally I
would stick with the glossy paper for the image that you are using. And
be aware that ink blotters in general are guzzlers. Theres no easy
answer to saving ink.

Colors will print brighter on coated stock, and not as bright on
uncoated stock. Beware of your settings,  -- if done incorrectly color
shifts will result.

Also why are you using TIFF images in quark? -- EPS would be the better
choice and you should see your file size diminished.

Lisa

--- blanc publishing - etc <editor(at)netwwworks.com> wrote:
> Hwgonians,
> 
> I am creating images to make posters with. The below
> example is a www
> modified (jpg) version of a cmyk tiff that is about
> 40megs and in quark
> i plan to layout the poster to a size of 24" wide by
> 32" tall/high.
> 
> the poster will be printed on a chroma24 color
> plotter (this printer can
> output 2 feet x 15 feet max)
> 
> anywho, does anyone have experience with a printer
> such as this. we just
> recently got it & I wanna experiment with some
> images but I am worried
> about ink consumption.=20
> 
> It seems to make sense that the expensive glossy
> paper might use less
> ink than the not so pricey premium matte paper? Am I
> correct in this
> assumption?
> 
> I guess my question is- does anyone know about ink
> usage #'s on large
> format printers? Is there a rule of thumb I should
> be enlightened about
> before I sap up tons of ink. Am I looking at
> bazillions of gallons or
> what?  :/
> 
> O, here is the image example.
> 
> http://www.netwwworks.com/gif99/lafcbd.jpg
> 
> thanks & best,
> --=20
> Victor LeBlanc    =BF=AC
>   HWG - WSP
>   Networks Solutions Affiliate
> 
> 

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