Cary Printing’s Guide to being Green

Good printing begins with good design. Part of what makes good design is the mechanical aspect of building the print file.

One important element of building the mechanical is to make sure that the resolution of the file, including incorporated images, are at a high enough resolution.

Since printing involves making images from small dots of CMYK ink, the resolution of a file is measured in dots per inch, or dpi. 72 dpi is an example of low resolution. This means that there are only 72 dots per inch of space for that particular image. A good rule of thumb for appropriate print resolution is 300 dpi. In short, the more dots per inch, the better the image will appear. This measure will ensure that your images will appear sharp and without pixilation. Cary Printing utilizes preflight software to analyze your print files and to make sure that the images are high enough resolution and in the best possible shape to give you a great looking print job!