Graphic Design

[Kevinthewise]

I got a couple of problems that i would like people here to awnser,

ok so everyone know where i am coming from my father owns a small Offset printing bussiness which does everything from Bussiness cards to books, i was using Adobe's InDesign software to setup a Bussiness cards for one of his customers and the customer had the art work read to go (the logo's that he wanted to use) and after setting it up i had printed it out on my fathers hp officejet d125 which used to work just fine and i wanted to pring in only black however after sevral atempts i was not able to print from InDesign or from Adobe Acrobat (PDF) in a good dpi especally for the logos.

So my question is when i reduced the logos in InDesgin which were JPG's did that affect the quality of my print out ot not?

Secondly i know that the printer that i mentioned above is old i already had to clean out all of the print heads with windex glass cleaner and a leant free cloth, i would like some recomendations both to the problem above and what is a good printer (wax, ink or otherwise) for printing good proof for the offset printing style.

Thanks for all the help in advance and let me know if you have any questions, and i will try to get back to you as soon as i can

 

[Soundmanred]

Shens.
Dad owns a printing bussssinesss and you can't proofread?

p.s.- .jpg=.mp3

 

[So]

:music:
Oranges
Oranges
Oranges and graphic design

The Chopping Block spends their time
Growing oranges
Oranges
Then working on graphic design
The Chopping Block works all the time

They work the day shift
They work the night shift
They work the graveyard shift

Oranges
Oranges
Oranges and graphic design
The Chopping Block spends their time

Growing oranges
Picking oranges
Then working on graphic design
The Chopping Block works all the time
All the time
:music:

 

[Kevinthewise]

i posted this in all seriousness, and i do need help, so please don't post if you can't help
and yeah i can't spell i know.
I would appriate that

 

[rivan]

Proofing printers are a big discussion that needs to start with you and your father hammering out an approximate budget.

As for your print woes, you're leaving a lot of details out.

I assume the placed logo .jpg is RGB. If so, for best results, you should reduce the color space to greyscale using photoshop or whatever editing app you've got. In some cases using ->LAB, trash A&B->Greyscale produces results superior to just ->Greyscale.

Again, for best results, make sure all your type and other art is greyscale or CMYK with only black used. Then in the print dialog->output->color should be set to separations, and turn off the C, M and Y plates. Trapping, flip and screen (and all the other settings) depend on your setup.

 

[Kevinthewise]

ok thanks rivan i have figured out my problem, which was that my printer heads where dead but thanks for the suggestions