subject: Have You Considered Ordering Large Format Printing Online? [print this page] Ordering printing online, in the past, was almost impossible due to slow internet speeds and the large size of high quality printing files. You could get your whole job printed long before your files had made it to the printer! Enter broadband and Portable Document Format (PDF) and both these hurdles have disappeared. (The National BroadBand Network (Australia) will be the next revolution for online large format printing.)
Ordering large format printing online has many benefits:
Superb Quality: :An online printer lives by reputation. Online printers MUST have exceptional quality or theyre out of business. High quality work is paramount for an online printer, while standard printer can rely on the personality of their staff or a convenient location to customers.
Speed: Same-day poster printing is possible! Thanks to online ordering and Large Format Digital Printing technology your posters will be in your hands the next day
Most local printers will take overnight or several days to complete your job. A good online printer will print your posters same day and deliver your posters overnight to your door. By ordering
online, youll receive your posters fast and you save time.
Discount Prices: The web enables you to research, quickly, the best price for your printing. Good online large format poster printers will have their prices displayed proudly on their home page. If you have to hunt through page after page to find a price, ask yourself - why are they hiding their prices?
A tip - Ensure the quoted price includes freight and GST.
The PDF advantage: PDFs take all the information a printer needs and compresses it into 1 compact file that will print as you see it on screen. Anyone can create a high quality PDF using many of the free
converters available on the internet. PDF995 is very popular. Creating a PDF is as simple as printing to your own desktop printer. Instead of printing on paper you print a file.
A tip: Always check your PDF closely on screen to make sure nothing has changed while it was being created. Zoom in and slowly work your way around the whole document.
A tip: Regarding fonts, in the preferences tab of the PDF creator settings, there is a option to set your fonts to Download as SoftFont. Selecting this will ensures your fonts dont change. See a screenshot of how to do this.
A Final Note: As with any web purchase, be cautious and diligent.
Ensure the website displays the businesss physical address, phone number and ABN (Australia).
Is there a secure section of the site for ordering and payment?
Do they have their terms conditions / privacy policy easily accessible?
If this information isn't available you may want to make further enquiries before handing over any of your personal information.
A good online large format printer will make all poster printing quick and effortless.
