Printable images

[149motorsports]

Hi All,
I got a newbie question. I got a guy that wanted flames for his car. He sent me a picture he got off Google images. My question is how do I know if the quality is good enough to print as I outsource prints? I use flexi sign cloud.
Thanks

 

[GAC05]

Scale it to the size you will be printing it at.
Set the screen view zoom to 1 to 1 (100%)
Flexi is not known for its accurate screen rendering (maybe in the cloud it has been improved) but you should be able to see how pixelated it will print. Look for compression noise & blocky solid colors.
If it looks bad on the screen it will most likely print badly. It may smooth out some depending on what you are printing on and your RIP settings.
100 dpi at production size is a pretty good general rule of thumb for most wide format prints.

wayne k
guam usa

 

[SightLine]

I also like to reference customers to this http://thevisualcommunicationguy.com/2014/07/14/can-i-use-that-picture/

We keep it printed and on the wall here at the shop.....

 

[J Hill Designs]

100 dpi at production size is a pretty good general rule of thumb for most wide format prints.

IE if it needs to be30" x 60" the file should be ~3000px X 6000px