Posters

Everydayprint’s most popular printed poster size is A2, but we have many people questioning the actual size in millimetres.

So below is a table which defines all the A series of paper sizes fro A7 to 2A0

A7 - 105mm x 74mm
A6 - 148mm x 105mm
A5 - 210mm x 148mm
A4 - 297mm x 210mm
A3 - 420mm x 297mm
A2 - 594mm x 420mm
A1 - 841mm x 594mm
A0 - 1189mm x 841mm
2A0 - 1682mm x 1189mm

The above sizes are the standard finished paper sizes. If you are designing artwork for print you must add 5mm bleed to each side of the page (i.e. add 10mm to the width and 10mm to the height of the page)

When ordering posters etc. to be mounted onto rigid board, be careful to communicate carefully with your provider to make certain that they know what you want.

Foamex is a brand name for an expanded vinyl which is used as a durable rigid backing for posters. Foamcore is a less durable product made of a layer of very soft foam sandwiched between two layers of card.

Sounds easy? But then Foam-X is a brand name of a different version of Foamcore, and Foamalux is a brand name of a different version of Foamex. And there are plenty more confusing brand names around.

As always - there is no substitute for careful communication. Don’t be afraid to talk to your print provider to make sure of getting the job right first time.

Your PC is rubbish and can’t handle full scale artwork?

Neither can mine, so the best thing to do is to scale it down to half or even quarter size when youre designing it. When you give the file to the printers they will scale it up at their end without much loss of quality (none if its all vector!). As long as your original pictures and images are of a decent quality, your scaled output shouldnt be too bad. (more…)