Adobes PDF format, which Inkscape supports, is now widely accepted at many online and brick-and-mortar print services.We will Save as (File Save As) a pdf file.The term print-ready is relative here, as Inkscape does not natively support CMYK using color profiles.
According to Inkscapes wiki page, you can import a file into Scribus, a page layout program, or open the file in Acrobat Distiller on Windows systems for CMYK compatibility. Still, if a 100 match between screen color and final printed product is not necessary, Inkscape is more than adequate. Print ready here refers to proper size specifications for print. This tutorial is geared towards designers creating their first business card for either themselves or perhaps a small business. The dimensions of a business card are 3 12 by 2 inches.This is a good time to introduce the term bleed. What is a bleed A bleed is 18 inches of space around all four sides of the business card so that any color or images that extend beyond the dimensions of the card dont have a white border around them. A bleed may not be necessary for a card with an all white background, but it is a good idea to include this extra space anyway. Make sure the units are inches and under Width enter 3.75; under Height enter 2.25. For this, we go back to Document Properties and under the Page tab (the first one that comes up), change the default units to in. From here, zoom in once and drag a guide 18 inches in from each side as shown in the screenshot below. In addition, you may place guides at the outermost edges of the bleed. If you wanted to complete the design using only Inkscape and the business cards information, you could probably stop reading the tutorial here. The important point is that I used the Scale Image feature to scale the image to the size of the business card bleed (3.75 by 2.25 inches). Also, I set the X and Y resolution to 300 pixels-per-inch, which will provide decent print quality. When importing, you are given the choice to Embed or Link the image, choosing Embed will create a larger file size, but the image will be part of the.svg fileOptionally, you can choose Link, which will make the Inkscape file size smaller, but the file that is linked must be saved with the.svg file relative to it. For instance, if your tif file is in a folder labeled images on your computer, it must be in the same location on your distribution media. You will see a message that says Corner to guide intersection before it snaps to each corner. So now, we can fill in fictional information about the client (a plumbing company) and supporting graphics. On this page, they recommend a safe zone within the 3 12 by 2 inch space so that text will not possibly be clipped. Thus, we will add guides at 18 of an inch in from each side of the the business cards area as well. Keeping these guidelines in mind, we can place our copy text on the page.
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