By sharing my standard book production charges and procedures, I hope to ease your concerns and give you a good idea of what to expect. Books are complex, but not much is actually difficult. You will discover I can usually answer any question you might have. I can do it all for you, or help you through the process.
I basically do not do this anymore. At well over 80 years old, it’s too much like work.
Sorry. >grin<
Hi David,
I have a rather complex Indesign file with about 75 graphics. I tried to upload it for a print run but got the following errors.
LOW RESOLUTION IMAGES IN FILE: We recommend color and black and white images be 300 ppi. For line art, we recommend 600 ppi bitmap images. For best results, please correct the issue(s) listed. You may refer to the File Creation Guide for further instructions on creating a compliant PDF. Choosing to proceed may result in a lower quality than you expect.
Note: Your files contain one or more items below 200 ppi. By agreeing to process your file, you are stating that the quality submitted is intended.
Personally I believe it will look fine. The pdf looks good to me, but they did not process my comp for review.
I don’t know if it’s one image, or all of them. I wondered if you had a look if it was easier to fix yourself or tell me the 1 mistake I made 75 times I can fix. Ideally I want the file to be “perfect” but it’s ready to be printed by the PDF file anyway.
As an Indesign Pro I believe you could diagnose what’s wrong if anything. I was hoping to review the comp by today and they didn’t even print it. It would be great to have it done “correctly” in indesign, but there are time constraints now as well. So I’m not sure what to do at this stage.
Your thoughts?
John