Adobe Illustrator - Printing questions

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Printing questions

teka

2005-05-18, 7:16 pm

Hello,

I created a small ad, it is made up of already created vector
illustrations, of forms that I created in Illustrator and of type
created in Illustrator as well (no photos). I'm in CMYK color mode. I'm
new to Illustrator and to printing... so I have a few questions mainly
regarding preparing my file for printing.

1. The people who will print it said they wanted it in "Illustrator"
format. Does that mean .ai or .eps?

2. Before I print it, I'm guessing I have to flatten the artwork. Do I
have to set some things in the Flattener preview before? If so, what
settings do I have to put?

3. What other printing/document settings should I be aware of and make
changes to?

4. I know your work has to be done at 300 ppi for print.. but one of
the illustrations I inserted in my ad was a vector image but it said it
was 72 dpi. I'm not too sure what to do about this..

5. Is it OK to save as PDF for print as well? Do special precautions
have to be taken when you do?

Thanks for any help!

teka

teka

2005-05-20, 7:16 pm

Thanks everyone, your replies were quite helpful!

I'm not saving as .pdf.. I was just curious about that.

Do you have to include fonts even if they are very common (ie. arial,
verdana)?
Is flatenning and merging the same?