DPI for PDF Layout

[Neruda7]

Hi All,
I was wondering what DPI many of you use for images and artwork that will appear in your PDF's. I have been testing various numbers and think 300 may work best, but I would be very interested in what the rest of you think on this subject...

Regards,
Scott

 

[annadobritt]

Hi All,
I was wondering what DPI many of you use for images and artwork that will appear in your PDF's. I have been testing various numbers and think 300 may work best, but I would be very interested in what the rest of you think on this subject...

Regards,
Scott

I used 150 dpi for maps in The Town of Umberham pdf. I saved the maps at 300 dpi then used Adobe Acrobat to bring it down to 150 dpi. Seems to have worked pretty well.

 

[jmucchiello]

I use 150 generally for all PDF releases/freebies.

 

[Cergorach]

Hi All,
I was wondering what DPI many of you use for images and artwork that will appear in your PDF's. I have been testing various numbers and think 300 may work best, but I would be very interested in what the rest of you think on this subject...

Regards,
Scott

For online viewing and moderate printing quality go for 150dpi for color and grey, go for 300 dpi for B&W, if you want better print quality double the numbers i gave.

 

[Flyspeck23]

Personally, I'll go for 72 dpi for on-screen (or text-only), and 300(CMYK) / 600(BW) dpi for printing.
If in any doubt, choose 300 dpi, but test for file size first.

 

[Cergorach]

Personally, I'll go for 72 dpi for on-screen (or text-only), and 300(CMYK) / 600(BW) dpi for printing.
If in any doubt, choose 300 dpi, but test for file size first.

Ew... Have a hart for those folks that view a pdf at a greater resolution 600*800! Think about it, a page is 8 inches wide, 8*72=576, 8*150=1200. These days most people run at a resolution of 1024*768 or higher.

 

[V_Shane]

what Heathen Oracle does for PDF;
Color: 200 dpi
B/W no gradations (all line work) including pointalism: 150 dpi
B/W pencil or grey halftone ink washes 200dpi

All B/W original files are saved as Tiff 24bit
Then imported into Fireworks and converted to Tiff 8bit
depending visually whether one goes from 16 to 265 shades.

Color is kept at Tiff 24 bit and relies on the Acrobat/InDesign software to
convert to the Jpeg compression 150-200 dpi.

Even the book company I am dealing with now only asks for 300dpi even for color. The larger it will be printed, usually the less dpi needed.

 

[Neruda7]

Thanks for all of the great information. I have some decisions to make, but the posts will definitely help...

Regards,
Scott

 

[Dimwhit]

Totally depends on what file size you're looking for. If you don't mind bloated files, 300dpi is the best.

For my e-zine, I try to keep the file sizes down. 100dpi works fine for a full-page image when viewed to fit on screen for the whole page (8 1/2x11). Close up, it gets a little fuzzy. But the file size is reasonable. For the smaller images, I go up to 150dpi.

 

[Phathon]

Most commercial printers (BW) print at 600 dpi, though I have been told that the human I can really only discern 300. Hope this helps.