Re: Jpeg files w/Quark workflow

Recently, Rich <rcooley@xxxxxxxxxxx> posted:

> Our newspaper is acquiring a new database system. We've been
> outputting our black and white and color separation files as eps
> files. Our vendor is now suggesting we output jpeg files. Anyone else
> doing this? Will we see any difference in quality?
>
Are you are storing your final page layouts and/or ads in EPS format now,
and your vendor wants to switch to jpeg format (I'm not sure why your
database vendor would care, beyond the smaller size of the data in jpeg)?
If this is what you're doing, rather than just archiving your images in
EPS format, one difference between the two formats is that jpeg is a
bitmap format, which means that your text elements will be rasterized.

OTOH, if you are only storing the final version of your photos in the
database, there are jpeg settings that should have a minimal impact on the
image quality for newsprint uses.

Regards,

--
Neil Gould
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Terra Tu - www.terratu.com
Technical Graphics & Media



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