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:: File Submission Specifications

ALL JOBS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A HARD COPY PRINT-OUT AND MOCK-UP OR PDF OF THE FILE, AND SHOULD BE CLEARLY MARKED FOR SIZE AND COLOR.


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APPLICATIONS SUPPORTED: QuarkXpress 7.0, Adobe Illustrator CS3, Adobe Photoshop CS3,
Adobe InDesign CS3, Adobe Acrobat 7.

IMPORTANT: Any files received, other than the supported applications such as Adobe Pagemaker, FreeHand, Publisher, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. will automatically result in a minimum charge of 1 hour art time.

:: General Guidelines For File Preparation

DOCUMENT SIZE: Create your document to the exact final size you want printed.

BLEED AREAS: All bleeds should be set up to a MINIMUM OF 1/8" beyond trim.

PHOTOSHOP FILES: All imported Photoshop files should be saved as CMYK, GRAYSCALE, MONOTONE or DUOTONE, for images and BITMAP for lineart. DO NOT USE RGB, LAB, or INDEX COLOR.

Save files as EPS, or TIFF files at
300 DPI. Do not use LZW compression.

Rotate, scale, etc. all picture files within the program before importing in your document layout.

FONTS: Do not use the type style menu, or control bar to stylize your type. Select the actual stylized font from the font menu. For example, use HELVETICA BOLD instead of applying a "bold" style to the Helvetica font.

COLORS: Please delete ALL unused colors from ALL elements of your document in the native program used to create them. DUE TO THE WIDER GAMUT RANGE OF RGB COLOR YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE THE SAME RESULT WHEN CONVERTING TO CMYK. THEREFORE, WE REQUEST THAT YOU CONVERT ALL OF YOUR RGB FILES TO CMYK.

ILLUSTRATOR/FREEHAND: Convert fonts to outline and save as EPS — no embedded fonts.
Include original files for all placed art.

FINAL PREPARATION OF DISK FOR OUTPUT:
Please put ALL PLACED, or imported elements of your final document into ONE folder and label it IMAGES.

Please place the final document into another folder and label it
FINAL DOCUMENT.
This folder should contain only the final version of your document, and should match the hard copy you supplied.

Please place all
FONTS used in the document into another folder and label it FONTS. Remember to include both SCREEN and PRINTER fonts.

Open your completed file from the disk you will supply us and make sure that all links to imported graphics are in place, and status is
"OK" in picture usage menu, or links menu.

Double check all fonts used and make sure you have placed them in the font’s folder on the disk.
Delete all other files from disk that are not used for your final document.

Delete all other files from disk that are not used for your final document.

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