Artwork & Submitting files

IF YOU ARE SUPPLYING US WITH YOUR OWN ARTWORK - PLEASE READ THIS FIRST

1. All artwork supplied must be in CMYK colour mode.

2. When scanning images for print, please make sure they have a resolution of at least 500dpi.

3. When supplying files please ensure you allow a bleed as detailed below, most leaflets and brochures require a 3mm bleed. A5 leaflets and business cards require a 2mm bleed. To allow for tolerances in the cutting process have text etc at least 3mm from the edge of the paper / card. The bleed information remains the same for brochures that are folded as the bleed applies only to the edges of the paper and NOT the folded portion of the document.

These Products require a 3mm bleed

Paper Size (mm) Size WITH BLEED (mm)

A3 297x420 303x426

A4 210x297 216x303

These Products require a 2mm bleed

Paper Size (mm) Size WITH BLEED (mm)

A5 148x210 152x214

A6 105x148 109x152

1/3 A4 99x210 103x214

Business Cards

Are 90x55mm, with bleed 94x59mm

Please remember that pages are imposed (placed together on a larger sheet size) and therefore trailing text/images etc off the edge of the page may interfere with other pages once placed on the larger sheet. It is important to “crop” any images and constrain any bleeds to the values specified above.

4. When supplying artwork for booklets it is important to supply the artwork correctly. We use a workflow that will automatically impose the booklet. Files should be supplied in page order, for example if you have a 12 page A5 booklet, supply the artwork as a 12 page document in page order. By page order we simply mean page one ALWAYS being the COVER - readers proofs and not printers proofs. Booklets require bleeds in a specific way, again our workflow allows for this and does this automatically. When supplying artwork for booklets it is essential to have 2 or 3mm bleeds ALL ROUND, and please ensure that items such as crop marks are NOT provided. Our workflow will then automatically impose the booklet correctly, utilising “creep” if required. When we supply a proof for checking this will be provided as a READERS PROOF and will be in page order with page one being the COVER.

5. Although we can provide you with a colour proof copy once your file(s) have been processed, this is NOT colour accurate to the final print run. If you use a Pantone colour in your document be prepared for it to look slightly different when printed in full colour process. Please contact us if you require full colour PLUS spot colours (Pantone Colours).

6. When using images in software such as Quark Xpress, Adobe InDesign or Adobe Pagemaker we require the original image & font files to be provided as well as the document file. These packages do not store a printable copy of the image in their own file, instead when being processed for print they look outwith the Quark, InDesign or Pagemaker file for external (third party or linked) files. Without these we cannot print your document. These images / fonts are sometimes referred to as “Linked Files”, please ensure that linked files are supplied to the correct resolution (500dpi) and the colour palette (CMYK) is used. 72dpi linked files from an external site are NOT recommended. Although these packages will allow you to use various different formats, we have found TIFF files and Generic EPS files to be most successful. TIFF files should be used for all photographs while EPS files should be used for logos or drawings. As our preferred method of file supply is PDF, we will charge for converting application files to PDF, please ask in-store for further details.

7. We do have the below applications application software and can accept files (produced correctly) in these formats. However, as our preferred method of file supply is PDF files - there may be a charge for converting application files to PDF.

Windows: CoralDraw to version 13, Quark Xpress to version 6, Pagemaker to version 7, Photoshop to version CS2.

Apple Mac: Quark Xpress to version 6, Pagemaker to version 7, Photoshop to version CS2, Illustrator to version CS2, Freehand to version MX, InDesign to version CS2.

8. Whilst we will do our best to spot errors, advise of potential problems and generally check over your artwork, we cannot be held responsible for the quality of finished print outwith our control when artwork is supplied.

Please make sure your virus protection is up to date at all times before supplying files. All files supplied to us will be virus checked before being processed. Please also ensure that the originator and contact details are CLEARLY shown on files via e-mail. We regret that files received without us being able to verify the sender will be deleted.

9. Please note that when files are supplied incorrectly a charge of £20 + VAT will be made for re-submitting files.