For a €12.95 book, I'd gladly save money by using standard postage and tick a checkbox on the order page to acknowledge that I assume the risk.<br />
<p>For a €12.95 book, I’d gladly save money by using standard postage and tick a checkbox on the order page to acknowledge that I assume the risk.<br /></p>
2007-08-05T15:48:59Z
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2007-08-05T15:48:59Z
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Edmund, I defer to your knowledge as a designer of many more years experience than me, but still, I don't think PDF uploads are the answer to picture quality problems. Why?... because PDF is really just a technology for combining vector and raster graphics. There is nothing that the 'PDF' proccess can do to improve raster graphics such as JPEGs; it just bundles them up with the vector stuff and passes them on.
The Indigo press is not perfect; its an inkjet system and suffers from the inherent problems with the technology; namely banding and speckliness on flat colour. I've encountered better results with toner-based systems (on the one occassion that I used Lulu) but the printing is flat and matte, which sacrifices the glossiness of Blurb's Indigo proccess.
I agree with you that it would be convenient to be able to upload books as PDFs created in InDesign etc. though.
<p>Edmund, I defer to your knowledge as a designer of many more years experience than me, but still, I don’t think <span class="caps">PDF</span> uploads are the answer to picture quality problems. Why?... because <span class="caps">PDF</span> is really just a technology for combining vector and raster graphics. There is nothing that the ‘PDF’ proccess can do to improve raster graphics such as JPEGs; it just bundles them up with the vector stuff and passes them on.</p>
<p>The Indigo press is not perfect; its an inkjet system and suffers from the inherent problems with the technology; namely banding and speckliness on flat colour. I’ve encountered better results with toner-based systems (on the one occassion that I used Lulu) but the printing is flat and matte, which sacrifices the glossiness of Blurb’s Indigo proccess.</p>
<p>I agree with you that it would be convenient to be able to upload books as PDFs created in InDesign etc. though.</p>
2007-07-26T08:52:25Z
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2007-07-26T08:52:25Z
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We asked - you listened. Thanks Blurb for providing another way for customers to engage with you and each other.
Marc, Italy
<p>We asked – you listened. Thanks Blurb for providing another way for customers to engage with you and each other.</p>
<p>Marc, Italy</p>
2007-07-25T12:42:16Z
3
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2007-07-25T12:42:16Z
42010