What’s on the Resolution for Print poster
A 6-row table: Output · Target ppi · Viewed from.
Effective ppi at final size, not the number stated in the file.
- Art book, fine detail — 300-400 — 30 cm
- General print — 300 — 30-50 cm
- Poster — 150-200 — 1-2 m
- Large banner — 72-100 — 3 m and up
- Billboard — 10-25 — 20 m and up
- Screen — 1x or 2x — varies
Effective resolution falls as you enlarge. A 300 ppi image placed at 200 per cent is a 150 ppi image on the page.
Questions about the Resolution for Print poster
- What’s on the Resolution for Print poster?
- A 6-row table: Output · Target ppi · Viewed from. Effective ppi at final size, not the number stated in the file. Art book, fine detail — 300-400 — 30 cm; General print — 300 — 30-50 cm; Poster — 150-200 — 1-2 m; Large banner — 72-100 — 3 m and up; Billboard — 10-25 — 20 m and up; Screen — 1x or 2x — varies. Effective resolution falls as you enlarge. A 300 ppi image placed at 200 per cent is a 150 ppi image on the page.
- Who is the Resolution for Print poster for?
- Resolution for Print belongs to the Art & Design section rather than to a school year, because design is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning digital design can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Resolution for Print poster?
- Use it before enlarging an image, or before accepting one from a client. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Resolution for Print belongs on the wall where that design work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Resolution for Print?
- Bezier Curves, Bleed & Trim and Colour Profiles sit alongside Resolution for Print in the Art & Design section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Bezier CurvesBleed & TrimColour Profiles
- Is the Resolution for Print poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Resolution for Print downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Art & Design section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Resolution for Print poster print at?
- Resolution for Print is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Resolution for Print loses nothing.Printing guide
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