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GOOD THINGS TO KNOW WHEN SETTING UP A JOB FOR PRINTING

• Be sure that all color pictures and graphics are set as CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black), at 300ppi, and at 100% size. Black and white photos (grayscale) should also be scanned at 300ppi at 100% size, in grayscale mode. Do not enlarge scanned images in your page layout program (QuarkXpress® etc.) you could reduce the quality of your images. Proofs are a representation of the finished piece. If a problem is noticed it might carry over to the to the press, because of this please question any problems you might find on the proof.
• Define colors correctly within your files and eliminate unused colors in your color pallet. Color should be defined by CMYK or PMS (Pantone Matching System). Files that contain RGB colors (Red, Green, Blue) will need to be converted to CMYK or PMS colors.
• Be sure you have not cropped or rotated any TIFF files in you layout program. Use Photoshop to bring your picture to proper size and resolution before you import it onto your page.
• Include all of your graphics (EPS or Tiff etc.) with your order. Without those original graphics, your images may print at low resolution.
• Do not compress or embed your graphics, if it can be avoided. This can corrupt or distort your graphics, and cause them to print differently than what you expect. Embedded graphics can not be adjusted or corrected.
• Include all fonts used, including Helvetica, times, Symbol, Palatino and Zapf Dingbats. Also, include any fonts used in EPS graphics.
• Extend all bleeds a minimum of 1/8” past the trim with the live image (text) no closer than 3/16’ to the edge.
• Properly label all media (CD’s, disks, tapes, etc.) with file content, customer name, phone and date.
• Laser copies should accompany all jobs. Ensure that they are the most recent copies with all changes included. When multiple colors are used, colors should be marked throughout the lasers or color separtated lasers should be output for each color.