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There are two types of images with Illustrator files - Linked and Embedded. In either case, ALL IMAGES must meet 4 criteria:

1. All images must be in CMYK Color Mode - NO RGB images
   
   Exception: if your images(s) are ONLY Black & White, DO NOT save them as CMYK. Save them in GRAYSCALE Mode.
2. TIFF, EPS images ONLY (No PICT , JPEG or GIF files)

   Important: Make sure that your TIFF images WERE NOT saved with "LZW Compression" Make sure that your EPS images WERE NOT saved with JPG Compression Encoding.

3. All images should be 300 dpi resolution (or 1200 dpi resolution for B&W line art).
4. No Extra Channels.

• LINKED IMAGES:

  Here's how to check:

  1. WINDOW >> DOCUMENT INFO >> LINKED IMAGES >>

  

• EMBEDDED IMAGES:

  2. WINDOW >> DOCUMENT INFO >> EMBEDDED IMAGES >>

  

• SCALING IMAGES:

  Your images need to be 300dpi at THE FINAL DIMENSIONS YOU INTEND TO USE THEM. If you enlarge your image 200% after you bring it into Illustrator, your resolution is now half, or 150dpi. This resolution is considered low and should not be printed. Also, a low dpi image cannot become a 300dpi image by manually changing the resolution. IT MUST be rescanned.