As a graphic designer, I often have to answer some version of the question: "Why does the color on my screen look different than the color that's printed?" The best way to avoid this problem is to have a strong understanding of the different color modes and their uses.
Have you ever sent a file over to your print provider thinking it was complete, ready to print, only to find that it was really not “ready to print”? If this has happened to you, don’t worry, you are certainly not alone, especially if your full time job is not that of a graphic design professional. If you are not quite sure what, exactly, your printer needs to go along with your original design file or how to go about putting it all together for them this is the “how to” for you. Here are Diana’s tips on pre-flighting and packaging your InDesign file for print:
Truly, you learn something new every day. Over the past three days I was reminded of just that.