SUPPLYING IMAGES
"It looks big enough on screen."
An image that fills your screen can look lovely, but your monitor resolution is 72ppi (pixels per inch) and even with a 27" screen size of 1920 x 1080 when you come to use that image for print it will be reproduced at 300dpi (dots per inch), which means that lovely big photo you supplied has a maximum reproduction size of 6.5" x 3.6".
The image above approximates the difference between 300 (left half) and 72 (right half) if printed.
THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE
Pick any Two.
Even though we all like to feel we can achieve all three elements here, experience has taught me that something inevitably will give-out in the end. Decide which element is most important to you, then which of the other two is most relevant to your schedule or budget. But a fast, inexpensive project can still be very good, and a great, quick job needn't break the bank - it's all about priorities.
SCREEN Vs PRINT
"It doesn't match what I saw on screen!"
With our ability to approve images and artwork on screen via pdf these days, just a word of warning to be aware that monitors cannot exactly reproduce some colours specified for print, and those lovely bright vibrant colours that you see on screen may not be able to reproduce exactly the same when it is printed on a 4-colour press. With years of specifying for print and dealing with printers, Kevin is fully aware of these pitfalls and issues and obviously flags-up any potential problems.
