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| Setting Up & Sending Artwork |
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| Sending Large Files |
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If you are submitting your artwork via our ONLINE BOOKING FORM, then you can attach up to 20MB and upload via the form. Via email we prefer if you could limit attachmernts to 10MB.
Sending larger files you can use a site like yousendit or up to 200MB with www.emaillargefile.com its easy !
Otherwise you can drop it off to our office or we can give you FTP details if you want to upload to our server. |
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| Setup : All Artwork |
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- PLEASE NOTE if artwork is not setup correctly and we need to work with several files or add bleeds
or make any changes to prepare for print, then we will need to charge a setup fee.
We will advise of this after we see your artwork and check it.
- 3mm BLEED each side. See link below if you don't know how to setup bleed.
- CMYK (unless you are using PMS colours or special finishes)
- PDFs with FONTS OUTLINED. Crop marks are optional as long as there is bleed allowed..
- You can send files as flat JPG's if you like. But they still need to allow for bleed at the correct
dimensions and at hi res (300dpi or more)
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| Setting up for Special Finishes |
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| SETTING UP FOR EMBOSSING, SPOT UV or FOILS |
| Please have the area for the special finish as a solid colour, on a separate page in the pdf, the solid
special finish area should not appear on the printed page aswell, unless it's a spot UV or emboss that
you are printing under it aswell. |
| DIE CUTTING. |
| Die lines should be provided as a separate page in the pdf as a vector line. |
| PMS COLOURS |
| PMS colour printing needs to have the PMS colour setup as a SPOT colour in the pdf. |
| SCORING / FOLDING / HOLE PUNCHES |
| Please provide a separate copy of the artwork (that won't be printed) indicating the position |
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| Blacks in Offset Printing |
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| In Offset printing, when you use a lot of BLACK in your artwork, ensure that it does not consist of more than
50%CMY, plus 100%K. If you use 100%CMYK you will oversaturate the page with ink and cause problems
with the print run. The richest black in print should be setup as max 50%C, 50%M, 50%Y, 100%K.
Alternatively if you use ONLY 100%K and 0% CMY then it wont be more like a charcoal colour. |
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| Blacks in Digital Printing |
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| In Digital printing you will actually get sharper text and better black if you use a black (K) only. This is
especially noticable in fine text. Using only black will give you sharper copy in digital compared to a
CMYK black. |
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| Setting up Booklets |
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If sending multi page or multi sided documents, have each page as a separate page in sequential
order with bleed on EVERY side of the artwork even if it's part of a spread, as the sheet the page is printed
on depends on how its bound together, and it's generally not sequential prior to binding.
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| Proofing Checklist |
- All spelling and grammar is correct.
- All punctuation is correct.
- Font size is readable (if proofing a pdf print a test page at 100% print size).
- Alignment and spacing is correct.
- Images and photos are acceptable resolution.
- Contact details including email/phone are correct.
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| Proofing Colours |
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If you are printing regular CMYK (without using Pantone/PMS colours), then we cannot guarantee exact
colour matching your computer monitor. Monitors use an illuminated RGB display where printing is CMYK
based and of course not backlit, so shades of colours will be slightly different. If you want a better idea of
colour representation for proofing, please discuss this with us we can arrange a printed proof, |
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| Setting up for Bleed |
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