PRE-PRESS

Kristi Mantoni Graphic Designer

Our experienced team of graphic designers at The Piccadilly Printing Company enjoy both creating original pieces for our customers and working with them to ensure their creations areof the highest quality. Below are some suggestions for supplying digital files and common problems that are encountered with digital files. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact our graphics department for further support.

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GRAPHICS: EPS, TIFF of PDF format. Images must be at least 300 dpi or greater. Images submitted with less than 300 dpi are subject to pixilation during the ripping and plating process and will appear on the final project.

FONTS: PostScript (two files for each font) or TrueType fonts (one
font) are expected, PostScript fonts are preferred.

BLEEDS: 1/8" (.125) beyond document edge is required!

SOFTWARE: (If you do not see your application listed below please
contact our graphics department to ensure compatibility)

MAC
QuarkXpress 6.5
Adobe InDesign CS
Adobe Illustrator CS
Abode PhotoShop CS
Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional

PC
Adobe PageMaker 7
Adobe Illustrator 10
Abode PhotoShop 7
Adobe Acrobat 5.0
MicroSoft Publisher 2002

PLEASE INCLUDE: Hard copy lasers of the final piece, separations and composites. Hard copy color representations are strongly recommended. Please provide a mock-up piece for all folds, perforations, scores and numbering.

TOP 10 PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED WITH DIGITAL FILES:

10). Not enough graphic/scan or images to meet bleed requirements.
9). Line art (logos) saved in 300 dpi grayscale format, rather than 1200 dpi bitmap format
8). Inaccurate clipping paths
7). Book pages set up as one double-sized page in reader spreads
6). Photo’s don’t fill out picture windows (i.e. a tiny gab is left between photo and border).
5). Spot colors produced in two different versions (i.e. PMS 1955C and PMS 1955U)
4). Characters modified by using the style palette (i.e. bold or italic) rather than using the     actual bold or italic font.
3). Digital Files do NOT match the customers supplied Lasers or PDF’s.
2). Low resolution graphics supplied in stead of high resolution files
1). Missing FONTS

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