| In print: |
Online: |
| You want to save all the data you can -- the more data, the better the results. |
You want to find a balance between the size of the file and the screen display quality of the graphic. |
| All readers will be seeing the graphic in much the same way, printed with a certain process onto a certain type of paper. |
Readers will be seeing the graphic on different platforms, with different browsers, with different monitors. |
| Readers see a reflective image created using subtractive colors. |
Readers see a projected or transmissive image created using additive colors. |
| The viewing experience involves picking up the paper and looking at the graphic. |
The viewing experience involves the browser contacting the server, the server delivering the graphic across a connection to the browser, and the computer's video card displaying the graphic within the browser. |
| There is a wide range of color options available (as long as you pay for the press run.) |
Color use is free ... but your readers may or may not be able to see it exactly as you expect. |