File Preparation Guidelines

Provide all fonts (use Type1 instead of TrueType if possible)

BEWARE! Placed EPS files that contain type may require fonts not seen by your application until they are printed. To avoid delays, be certain to include ALL fonts necessary for the production of your job.

Provide all support graphics

Use appropriate file formats for placed graphics

For reliable results use EPS or TIFF formats for placed graphics. WMF, CGM, PICT, and WPG formats are unreliable when sent to high resolution output devices. Do not cut and paste graphics!

Use appropriate settings for placed graphics

Here are some basic settings your placed graphics should adhere to:

• All color bitmaps (TIFF and EPS) are to be:
• Imagesetting - CMYK, no RGB data
• Large-format InkJet - RGB EPS (profile embedded preferred)
• All vector artwork is to be CMYK or Spot (Pantone preferred), no RGB data.

Provide a printed sample of your file

This allows us to identify which graphics to expect and where, text placement and flow, a specific page of a multi-page document, etc. Without a hardcopy we don't know what to expect, therefore you may not get what you thought.

Make sure we can use your media

We can handle just about any computer file, although we would highly suggest high resolution PDF files.