How You Can Make A Homemade Advertising Poster

Let me teach you the important concepts and facts about poster printing from home so that you can do it yourself. From the design board to the poster printer, we will go into each step carefully so that you will not get lost, even if you are new to this. So let us start first with what you need to collect.

1. What you need to collect – It is best to collect everything you need first before you actually start your design. This makes the process a lot easier since you will already have everything you need in just one place for design development and printing. Here are the things you will need to gather so that you can start your printing and design.

a. Your text content – The text content is usually the first thing you will need. This is of course the slogan or title of the custom poster you want, and all the other details and information that it really needs to communicate. Prepare the full text that you want printed already so that it becomes easier to copy and paste it into the design. Of course, do not forget to check it.

b. Your image content - You should also of course get your main image. The advertising image that you want to have is related to your text content of course. Make sure that you take this image from an original source, in high resolution. Scanned photographs, large web images and any high-resolution image document should be appropriate for printing.

c. Specific fonts and graphics – Since most people like different kinds of letter styles, do not forget to get your own specific fonts and even small graphics.

d. Poster template – Templates are a great tool to start your design, so make sure you download one. Hundreds of online printing sites out there should offer this free.

e. Design software – Of course, you cannot design anything without some software. So make sure you get a nice one, such as Adobe Photoshop or Corel Draw. As long as you are comfortable with the software, it should be fine.

2. How to design – Now, to design, all you have to do is to load up your template into the design software that you want to use, and just simply insert your text and image materials. Of course, you should practice your full creativity here using the features of your design software. Since you are creating an advertising color poster, make sure that the color and the images really stand out and become eye-catching.

3. Checking – Once your design is done, before going to your printer, make sure that you check your designs first. Many people forget their final proofreading and design checks even as the printing begins to start. This can be bad since the errors can be massed produced accidentally in printing. So make sure that you do the most thorough checks possible in your design.

4. Printing – Lastly, when it comes to printing, you have two choices when doing it from home. If you have a good and large full color printer, you can use that, or you can of course order your prints online.

If you are printing directly from your printer, then all you have to do is to get the best paper materials for your posters, load them up to your printer and start printing. Make sure though that your paper is safe for your kind of ink. There are different inkjet and laser jet printers with safe paper materials out there, just make sure you choose the right one for you.

If you are going for online printing, it is good that you look thoroughly for the best one with the best prices. Remember that you have the whole world of online printing at your fingertips, so it should be easy and fast to get the bargain that you want. Make sure that they can accept your design file format and of course have good payment schemes. Check the reputation of the online poster printer as well if possible.

If you pick the right online poster printer, it should be easy for you to get the best advertising prints that you can have with your design on it. Typically, they will deliver it to you in your home a few days after you submit your order. It should be that fast.