Experts Help Please, PDF Problem

Hi,

traditionally am a web designer and so am new to the world of print
graphics and so was wondering if you clever people could help me.

Basically i have been asked to produce large artwork for a pop up
banner 800x2100mm and another banner 6'.2"x2'.
I am going to design these in quarter scale with the resolution at 4x
recommended. is this correct?

my main problem is the high res pdf...when i ask printers what
resolution they want the artwork in they just say "press ready high
res pdf" what does that mean resolution wise??? what resolution do i
set the bicubic down sampling to in the pdf settings if my art work is
in 25% scale??

i know for 100% it is downsample to 300dpi for above 450dpi.

any help would be appreciated thanks

On Sep 3, 6:37*am, rably.ma...@searchlaboratory.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> traditionally am a web designer and so am new to the world of print
> graphics and so was wondering if you clever people could help me.
>
> Basically i have been asked to produce large artwork for a pop up
> banner 800x2100mm and another banner 6'.2"x2'.
> I am going to design these in quarter scale with the resolution at 4x
> recommended. is this correct?
>
> my main problem is the high res pdf...when i ask printers what
> resolution they want the artwork in they just say "press ready high
> res pdf" what does that mean resolution wise??? what resolution do i
> set the bicubic down sampling to in the pdf settings if my art work is
> in 25% scale??
>
> i know for 100% it is downsample to 300dpi for above 450dpi.
>
> any help would be appreciated thanks

300 ppi (or dpi) is good for sending to RIP's (raster image processor)
for offset press. To send to large format ink-jet, which it sounds
like what you're doing, finished resolution of 200 ppi is generally
adequate.
You can edit your PDF (Distiller) settings accordingly.
It sounds like the printers might be telling you to use the 'Press'
distiller setting, which installs with Acrobat. This is usually safe,
but yes, you may want to increase (edit) the setting to compensate for
1/4 scale.

Keith