: What scale to use for an extra large window graphic? The print shop I work at just purchased a over size printer, HP Latex 360 that uses Onyx Thrive. We have a client looking for a large

@Vandalay110

Since each window is diffrent i would suggest creating an artboard or image for each and if your measurements are correct you will be fine. 150 DPI would work well (this is what i use for large printed banners but could be wrong). Note:I am responding from a photoshop perspective.

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@Courtney577

Each window that is a different size would need to be a new document or artboard.

Each graphic that is the same size but different artwork would be a new page or artboard.

*If multiple windows are the same size and using the same graphic then you don't need to create multiple pages/artboards of the same graphics.

But

If the graphics are going to flow from one window to another, then I would create the graphics in 1 document in a vector editing program using multiple artboards. I would create the graphics at 10%, 25% or 50% of full scale and measure the distance from window to window that corresponds to the artboard distances from each other.

So If there is a 10" gap between 2 windows and I am working at 50% scale. I would place my artboards 5" away from each other. I am just assuming the height from the window to the ground is the same.



*Some clients prefer to send me every single possible graphic even though some of the graphics are the same. That way I would be printing 1 of each graphic instead of following a sheet saying this graphic is printed x amount of times.

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