All files should include image and font files, with 2 exceptions;

EPS file (with text saved as curves, images embedded)
PDF format (Press optimized with embedded fonts)

Additional charges will apply to any revisions received after the original, so please ensure you are sending the final ready-to-print version.

If requiring CMYK separations, ensure ALL colours are converted to CMYK.

Remove unused colours from palettes.

If requiring spot colour separations, ensure there are ONLY the required number of colours mentioned in the colour palettes.

Always produce & supply a proof when requesting SPOT COLOURS

Fonts are ALWAYS required.

If possible, use images in these formats:
CMYK Tiffs for colour images
EPS for graphics and for duotone images or images with clipping paths

Set up the page size (document size) to match the final trimmed size of the final document.
As a simple illustration using a business card as an example, set the document size to 3.5 x 2 inches. Now place all your elements on this page. If bleed is required, then extend the bleed OUTSIDE the page by .125.

Adobe Illustrator and Corel Draw are meant for vector based graphics and not for page layout. Please place all artwork in QuarkXpress or Indesign.

Check that your application CAN produce postscript files. In Windows, you will have to install a postscript colour printer connected to 'file'. If you are using postscript fonts, use your font manager to ensure fonts will be downloaded with the file automatically. True type fonts will work fine!

After setting up a new printer, always ensure your document hasn't changed. Some applications are extremely sensitive to the default printer driver (i.e. MOST Microsoft products!)

Create the postscript file on an oversize page with crop marks turned ON (if possible). Send this postscript file to distiller which in turn produces the PDF file.

In Adobe Distiller, please make sure you have Press Optimized settings enabled.

We prefer that you do NOT send Word (or Publisher files). If you must, these instructions are mandatory for any Word documents that you supply for output.

Open your Word document and check thoroughly throughout the document for reflows of text or tables, and that the document matches your final output requirements.

After altering the document, save to a NEW file for transmission to us with your original printouts.

Fonts are ALWAYS required - please check thoroughly - If truetype versions have been used, then when saving document select options: embed all truetype fonts- do not select embed characters in use only

If SPOT COLOUR separations are required, only use BLACK, BLUE and/or YELLOW to represent up to 3 spot colours. All colour within WORD documents is RGB and has to be separated as CMYK - 4 colour process. Convert images to CMYK before adding to word documents.

Try to supply as a PDF document.

Documents requiring correction will be charged at our hourly rate .

WE RESERVE THE RIGHT OF REFUSAL OF MATERIAL IN THIS STATE.