label and chip dpi (Tina) (1 Viewer)

[fishandchips]

Does anyone know what dpi the labels and the full face graphics are printed at ?

And what (if anything I should adjust when creating a png preview, to get an idea of what the print will look like.

I just produced a png file at 300 dpi and the denominations look a bit jagged, at 600dpi it looks pretty good.

Note: I am previewing them at 100% on my screen (ie pixel perfect, so no interaction with screen res) and then standing back so the chip image is the same size in my field of view size as a real chip that I am inspecting at 160mm (my near focus point).

 

[Colquhoun]

300 dpi is generally acceptable, go higher if you can but it shouldn’t be an issue.
I’m surprised you’re seeing jagged edges at 100%. Maybe it’s a bit of moire pattern with your screen?

 

[fishandchips]

300 dpi is generally acceptable, go higher if you can but it shouldn’t be an issue.
I’m surprised you’re seeing jagged edges at 100%. Maybe it’s a bit of moire pattern with your screen?

It's a sharp edged png file. I suppose anything printed will have a natural blur, so I should add some effects to it (after I find out the printer resolution).

And, I guess it doesn't really matter anyway because I can see quality of label print from actual photos of chips, and I will be sending vector files.

I expect there are already recommendations somewhere for raster images, minimum dpi?

 

[Colquhoun]

It's a sharp edged png file. I suppose anything printed will have a natural blur, so I should add some effects to it (after I find out the printer resolution).

And, I guess it doesn't really matter anyway because I can see quality of label print from actual photos of chips, and I will be sending vector files.

I expect there are already recommendations somewhere for raster images, minimum dpi?

I’m confused…is it a raster image or a vector?
If your original art is vector, leave it that way, it is resolution independent, and will scale to any size.
If it’s raster, 300dpi or higher at 100% is recommended.
Unless I’m missing something here.

 

[fishandchips]

I produced a png to show someone the design I just cobbled together in illustrator. And I noticed how jagged it was at 300dpi, and that started me thinking about how to emulate what the real label would look like, if it's not going to be as smooth as my vector renderings.

I'm probably underestimating the printer resolution badly and it doesn't need thinking about.

 

[Okku]

I've never had Tina have any issues with any of the artwork that I've created, even I've used PNGs or JPEGs.

With that in mind, generally anything 300dpi has no problem printing whatsoever. I've been creating custom poker/casino products for about 6 years now and have never really had any issues with printing or getting something made as long as its 300dpi. That's generally the minimum you want for anything.

I've noticed that if you are doing the exporting a PNG out of Illustrator at the size of the chips it does make it a bit fuzzy.

If you want to see them in higher resolution, just make the chips larger in Illustrator and export it that way. I've noticed that helps showing people what the chips would look like at a larger scale compared to trying to zoom in and seeing something smaller.

 

[Colquhoun]

I produced a png to show someone the design I just cobbled together in illustrator. And I noticed how jagged it was at 300dpi, and that started me thinking about how to emulate what the real label would look like, if it's not going to be as smooth as my vector renderings.

I'm probably underestimating the printer resolution badly and it doesn't need thinking about.

The png was for someone to view on screen? If so, it's best to make previews at the native screen resolution of 72dpi, but export the image to at least 1,000 pixels wide. It will show large on screen and be very sharp.