Save as a HI-RES .tif

[hclem1]

I am baffeled as to how i may save my created bussiness
card to
a 300 dpi .tif . It will save as a 96 dpi by default.
but my
printing company said it comes out too grainy due to the
low Res.
My printer works for half the cost of every one else if i
give him
the file as a .tif this is very discuraging to not be
able to use
what i have worked so hard on.

any help will be nice, thanks
hans

 

[Mike Bailey]

Hans,

Re: "My printer works for half the cost of every one else if i give him the
file as a .tif " - The problem is you get what you pay for, in this case
limited knowledge and help.

What you really want to give them is a CMYK or Greyscale PostScript file;
otherwise the quality will be terrible. You don't say which version of
Publisher you are using, so I'm not sure if this is possible and my help is
going to be vague. Even if you give them an RGB PostScript file they can use
PitStop (a Plug-in) in Adobe Acrobat to convert the file to Greyscale or CMYK
after 'Distilling' the PostScript to a PDF file. Acrobat Professional and the
PitStop plug-in are tools every commercial printer should have IMHO.

To print (or Save) a PostScript file out of Publisher is fairly easy, I have
detailed steps on my web site for this - http://members.shaw.ca/mike_bailey/
- (unfortunately it hasn't been updated for a long time so it may not cover
the version of Publisher you have).

 

[Mac]

Mike, if a shop is setup for using tiff they won't take PS files without a
huge premium (if at all).

this is because their pricing is based on ganging multiple jobs (often
business cards or post cards)--that is running dozens at a time on a single
sheet AND on using a semi-automated (or full automated)
composition/imposition procedure beased on tiff or other bitmaps. no fonts,
no too-complex curves, no postscript anomolies, no preflight or
troubleshooting. just 1000 4-c business cards for 30 bucks (or whatever).

sometimes the quality is perfectly acceptable...even excellent. other times
it is less so. but the price is right.