subject: The Difficult Options In Poster Printing [print this page] If you are new to poster printing, you no doubt have many questions about the whole process and options that will make really good full color posters. I am here to help you make sense out of all that so that you can develop your own special custom posters with relative ease and precision. Below are the common questions that you may have about poster printing design, plus the needed answers and simple suggestions that will help you create a proper one. By reading this, you should gain a better understanding of how the whole process works, plus the proper way in dealing with those difficult options.
a. Large posters or small posters? Size is always the big question for most poster designers. Should you print large color posters? Or are smaller more nimble custom posters are best? If you read through all the arguments that most people say about this issue, you will notice that both sides have great points. That is why the final answer is well and truly both are best.
That is right, if you want an effective promotional campaign using posters, you should print different color posters in small and large sizes. In this way, the smaller color posters can be deployed to absolutely any area of precise interest, while the larger ones can handle the larger and more people dense locations for maximum impact. This is the best professional move that you must emulate, and believe me doing this does produce great results.
b. Full color printing or black and white? The question of printing posters in color or not is also a really common issue for many designers out there. While full color poster printing offers the best and most impressive designs and layouts out there, black and white poster printing or even spot color poster printing is always the cheaper and more economical choices. The best move here for most would be to print posters in full color ALWAYS when the starting money can make it so. Otherwise if you cant really spare the resources to print in full color, then there is really no choice but to go for spot colors.
c. Protective coatings or plain paper? For poster printing, protective coatings are important since they make the color posters tougher and of course more resistant to moisture. Now while you do have a cheaper option to print posters in plain paper to save money, I always recommend everyone to spend on the coatings whenever possible. All color posters will be exposed to some degrading element one way or another, so it is always recommended to be prepared and coat your color posters with most resistant coatings.
d. Thin and cheap paper or expensive thick paper If you want to know if thin and cheap is best over expensive and thick paper, then you know that for the most part, the more expensive thick paper is always the best to use, especially for commercial posters. Thicker paper means a longer life for your color poster, giving you an extended reach for your promotional campaign. This gives you a lot more impact than those cheaper thinner color poster prints.
Good! Hopefully now, everything makes sense for your poster printing options. Now you should understand the issues in printing posters and the best moves to do when you have questions relating to those issues. Good luck!
