File Setup

Several factors come into play when determining how large a digital file can be printed. For optimal printing please review the following, once these two steps have been taken, you will be able to determine how large you can print your file when you upload it here.

Please size and crop your images to the final print size before uploading.
Be sure your DPI (dots per inch) are a minimum of 240 dpi before uploading your file. (How to find your DPI, click here)

ACCEPTED FILE FORMATS

USB Drives (thumb drives)
CD
DVD
Camera Memory Card’s
Dropbox Files (large files)
Smart Phones (please email the largest file possible from your smart phone)

RESOLUTION

Files in TIFF format can range from a minimum 180 to 480 DPI at size.

Files in JPEG format must be at least 300 DPI at size.

COLOR SPACE

Set up file in “AdobeRGB” if you are working in 8 bit RGB

Set up file in “ProPhotoRGB” if you are working in 16 bit RGB

MONITER CALIBRATION

Monitor calibration is important. If your monitor is calibrated the

chances are your image will match our monitors and can be printed out without adjusting or very little. We love monitor calibrators. Ask us and we can refer you to several. We use X-Rite calibration equipment.

FILE TYPE

We can print from several types of files. (TIF / PSD/ PSB/Jpeg).

We prefer TIF files and PSD files.

“Lossy files”, JPEGS, are not a preferred file. They will lose image data each time the file is saved, and you cannot recover that data. (Clips color

gamut and detail) “Lossless”.