On Friday I took on the job of creating the hand out printed media for the presentation on Tuesday- creating an "events map" which showcases the events that the company will be networking and selling at throughout 2012 in a simple, visual format. I created an A3 square (shortest side A3 square= 297 x 297) map fold format to utilise a multiple number of pages in order to get as much information delivered as possible.
I then went on to create some test prints in the mac suites at Uni. Initially, we wanted to print 35 copies, enough for each person in the presentation including fellow Graphic Design students as well as assessing tutors. At 8p per double sided A3 this would cost £2.80, whereas colour would cost £35.00 at £1.00 per print- so we decided to keep the greyscale I had originally been working with!
However, when we test printed the designs- the B&W copy was heinously bad- really stripy and inconsistent (the printer paper approx. 80gsm stock probably wasn't helping...) and in colour, the greyscale map was printing blue... just terrible. Therefore, we have decided to compromise, and will print out x 10 copies at £1.00 each in the digital print suite on Monday, therefore, unfortunately not being able to give the maps as hand out keepsakes, but still being able to show and pass around in the presentation. To be blogged as soon as they have been printed and completed!
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