How to Prepare Your Print Files

Resolution:

The standard resolution of our printers is 360 dpi true resolution, which is ideal for virtually any print size and viewing distance. In some cases, particularly for small formats, we may also use 720 dpi, although this is a rare exception.

We nevertheless recommend avoiding image interpolation, such as forcing an image to 360 dpi in order to achieve a final print size of 70 × 100 cm. It is sufficient to retain the native resolution of the file and set only the desired print dimensions.

Recommended File Formats:

JPEG (saved at Maximum Quality / Level 12)
TIFF (preferably using lossless ZIP or LZW compression)
PDF (the file must comply with PDF/X specifications and include an embedded color profile)

Raw camera files RAW (.nef, .cr2, .arw, .raf, .dng, etc.) are not accepted, nor are other bitmap file formats such as .png, .gif, etc.

Recommended Color Space:

It is essential to retain an embedded ICC profile in the print file in order to take full advantage of the color gamut of our Digigraphie printers.

The recommended ICC color profiles are:

ProPhoto RGB
Adobe RGB (1998)

Files with sRGB, DCI-P3, or CMYK color profiles can also be submitted.

Both 8-bit and 16-bit files are accepted; however, there is no perceptible difference between the two in the final print.

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