Prepare files for print
Everything you need to know to prepare your files for printing with Loxley Colour.
Colour / Working Space
Images should be saved as 8-bit JPEGs and use either sRGB, Adobe RGB or Pro Photo RGB colour spaces.
Colour / Working Space
Colour / Working Space
Images should be saved as 8-bit JPEGs and use either sRGB, Adobe RGB or Pro Photo RGB colour spaces.
Colour / Working Space
File Name
The following illegal characters should be avoided.
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Limiting filenames to alphanumeric characters is good practice, while using an underscore as a separator is also perfectly acceptable.
Rachel_Mark_001.jpg is an example of a suitable filename.
! < > * ~ # % & + , : ; ‘ “ { } [ ]
Limiting filenames to alphanumeric characters is good practice, while using an underscore as a separator is also perfectly acceptable.
Rachel_Mark_001.jpg is an example of a suitable filename.
Character Length
Please ensure filenames do not exceed 30 characters in length.
Please ensure filenames do not exceed 30 characters in length.
File Sequencing
Where the running order of printed images is important it is wise to number your files consistently.
File Name
File Format
High quality JPEGs are perfect for submitting to photographic labs for optimum print quality whilst also ensuring your files are compatible with the majority of commercial print devices. When saved at a high quality setting, the associated JPEG compression is unnoticeable when compared with TIFFs.
When exporting your final image for print, we recommend using a Photoshop compression level of 10 (11 & 12 offer no quality benefit but do increase file size exponentially) and a quality setting of between 93 and 100 when exporting from Lightroom. Images should be edited in RAW, TIFF or PSD format and only exported as JPEG when ready to submit for printing.
When exporting your final image for print, we recommend using a Photoshop compression level of 10 (11 & 12 offer no quality benefit but do increase file size exponentially) and a quality setting of between 93 and 100 when exporting from Lightroom. Images should be edited in RAW, TIFF or PSD format and only exported as JPEG when ready to submit for printing.
File Format
Image Size
Images should ideally be sized at the required print dimensions at 300ppi (pixels per inch) and saved at Photoshop Level 10 JPEG as Baseline (Standard). However, lower resolutions can still result in a high quality print*.
*Resampling / Interpolation (adding pixels) to an image will not necessarily improve the print quality.
*Resampling / Interpolation (adding pixels) to an image will not necessarily improve the print quality.
Image Size
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