Route 1 - PDF and PostScript Files
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• provide your files in PostScript Level 1, 2 or 3, or PDF 1.2, 1.3 or 1.4
• embed all your fonts, including any special characters
• use high resolution images in the PostScript or PDF files
• supply no more than one job per disk

Please don't

• use colour images in a file intended for black and white work
• leave errors uncorrected
• supply application files for direct CTP production
• use lines less than 25 microns in thickness

Supplying Files - Please

• supply us with a pagination list showing the pages in each file
• use logical file names
• use multi page files with a maximum of 128pp per file
• ensure that blank pages are blank
• provide pages in numerical order within each file
• supply pages that are properly orientated - landscape or portrait
• save as single pages - never as double page spreads
• if you supply proofs, output them from the Final PostScript or PDF file - they may be used for reference but will not be checked for content
• save your files onto CD-R, 100Mb Zip disks or 3.5" floppies

• Ensure that all pages are correctly positioned in their grid and in relation to each other as we cannot move or reposition individual pages
• Where bleeds are required, the minimum bleed must be at least 3mm
• Ensure that all crop marks are placed outside the bleed area
• We prefer 133 lpi for half tone screens - contact us if your requirements differ
• Mechanical diagram tints to be a minimum of 10%, going up in steps of 10% to a maximum of 70%
• Please generate images for monochrome work as black and white, not "monochromed" colour images
• Type and non-bleeding images to be no closer than 5mm from book trims
• The number of colours in the digital data should match Publishers order
• Ensure that the Trim sizes are correct

Reprints - please

• supply corrected pages for Reprints via e-mail or on disk - not camera ready copy
• send E-mail files to your Account Executive
• supply Correction Pages as single page files

• ensure that data has been supplied as PDF or PostScript
• ensure that the correct number of files have been copied to the CD
• check that CD is readable and contains the correct files
• view the final PDF data to check that all is OK

Route 2 - Data From Other Sources
We are able to take data from a variety of sources such as Desk Top Publishing Applications, Databases, Spreadsheets and Word Processing Programs. Please contact Tracy Humphrey to arrange a consultation with one of our Technical Team to agree a method of data supply and any extra charges.