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Pagemaker
Photoshop
Illustrator
Acrobat
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Design
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| Supplying projects to Lino Department
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- Projects can be created in all above listed
programs. To minimize potential problems, it's best to
create files in page layout programs instead of
illustration programs.
- Composite and separated laser prints to size are
required.
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| Font Issues |
- If you use postscript fonts in your document,
make sure you include both screen and printer
fonts.
- Printer fonts are not required if using true
type fonts because they are considered outlined
fonts.
- For better imaging results use styled fonts
instead of applying styles to the font in the
program.
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| Image Issues |
- For optimum results in color, its best to
convert RGB images to CMYK in Photoshop, rather then allowing
the layout program to convert them
automatically.
- For optimum results in single color halftones
you should convert all images into grayscale.
- For proper color separation, projects with
monotone, duotone, tritone and all other files using pantone
colors, you must specify the exact color name that is used in
the page layout program, including upper case /lower case and
any spaces used in the name.
Example: CORRECT: Pantone
2035 CV
INCORRECT: Pantone2035 CVU
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| Document Issues |
- Create projects in the final output size with at
least 1/8 (.125) of an inch for bleed.
- Add folding, scoring, perforating and die
cutting marks as needed.
- For trapping and troubleshooting purposes it is
best not to embed placed art. These files cannot be opened to
correct and or manipulate.
- Make certain to use only one version of each
color being applied, and delete all unused colors.
- Do not use RGB colors when printing four color
or pantone projects, as they will not separate into the proper
color modes.
- When creating multi-page documents, it's best to
create them in numerical order starting with the cover as page
one for imposition reasons
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| Quark: |
- In Quark, when creating files with Pantone
colors, make certain that all Pantone colors are set to "spot
colors" in the color edit menu. If they are not, they
will separate into process colors.
- When setting up files in four color process make
certain that the "spot colors" in color edit menu is
unchecked.
- To eliminate text flow issues on projects that
need to be set up for printing in (multi pages), do not link
the text boxes, as they will have to be unlinked for manual
impositioning and they may reflow.
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Supplying Disks to The Copy Company
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| Supported Media |
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To eliminate confusion, include on the disk only the
projects being done by The Copy Company.
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Separate all files into three folder
groups.
1)
Fonts 2)
Links 3) Printer files
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Include all fonts being used in the project. Programs
will not ask for the fonts used in placed eps. files, so the fonts
must also be included.
If you convert the text to
paths, you will still need to convert all text in placed eps.
files.
Include all Photoshop
images and art in the links folder.
Include all final printing documents in the printer
file folder.
The above information applies to all
projects sent in as email.
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