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Are you familiar with our Digital File
Specifications?
Before You Upload... Mac Files PC Files Page Layout Files Use CMYK for all 4-color work. Do not use RGB colors. ANY color that is not printing as a spot color should be converted to process.This also means if an image contains a spot color, then the image needs to be converted to process and resaved in its native program and either replaced or updated in the document. Do not create color blends of multiple spot colors, or a combination of spot and process colors. Be aware not to use the color Registration for any page items; all black type, rules, fills, etc. should be colored Black. PMS colors need to have the same suffix. INCORRECT EXAMPLE: PANTONE BLUE
U - Quark Color CORRECT EXAMPLE: PANTONE BLUE
CVU - Quark Color PMS colors need to have the same extension! for any images being used and also the color being used within the text document. It doesn't matter which program you use to edit the color's extenstion name, but they must be the same.
Scans should be high resolution 300 DPI saved W Tiff or EPS file format (no JPEGs). Scans with a clipping path need to be saved as an EPS. All scans should be CMYK or grayscale mode (no RGB). Line art should saved as bitmap .TIFs. Fonts being used in pictures created in Illustrator or Freehand and saved as EPS should be converted to paths or outlines so as not to be required for printing. Do not use spot colors and transparency in the same graphic images. All linked and embedded graphics contained or imported into the graphic must be included when sending all drawing/ illustration files. Please let us know if a transparancy is being used within an image. They must be saved at the highest level in Photoshop and will require us to use a special setting in processing through our DTP software. Fonts Do not apply menu Type Styles to fonts ? choose bold and italic type faces from within the font families instead of using the measurement or control palettes. Modifying screen fonts by using the menu Type Styles may create the desired effect on your screen preview, but may not establish a link to the proper printing font when outputting. Example: Use the font named GillSans Italic from the pulldown Fonts menu (Quark-Mac) instead of using GilISans and applying the "Italic" type style or clicking the "I" button in the measurements palette. PDFs 2/C jobs do not always separate properly. It's best to send the document the job was created in, in addition to all supporting items (images, fonts) in case the PDF does not work or does not separate properly. (This applies to 4/C & B/W jobs also). Tip - 2/C PDFs - when distilling, create your settings under "Job Options > Color" - leave color setting unchanged. Remember when using spot colors that they must be named consistenly and correctly. This includes spot colors being brought into the application file by a placed image. Proofs If the page
folds please indicate how the final job is to be
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