Specifications
Software Guidelines:
We can accept project and art set up in the following software appications:
- Adobe Acrobat, Pagemaker, Illustrator, & Photoshop
- Quark Xpress
- Multi-Ad Creator
- Macromedia Freehand
- Microsoft Office (for text/graph files only)
For improved screen-to-print matching in Adobe Photoshop in the "File" menu go to "Color Settings"
Printing Inks Setup:
- Ink color = SWOP (Newsprint)
- Dot gain = 34%
- All grey balance = 1.00
- Check use of dot gain for greyscale images
Separation Setup:
- Separation type = GCR
- Black generation = Medium
- Black ink limit = 100%
- Total ink limit = 230%
- UCA amount = 0%
- Line screen = 65 to 133
Fonts:
Supply both your screen & printer Post Script fonts on disk
Screens:
- CYAN = 15
- MAGENTA = 75
- YELLOW = 90
- BLACK = 45
**Please see your Adobe Photoshop's User Guide for more details on these settings.
Removable Storage Formats:
All disks to be clearly labeled. Please make sure disks contain ONLY the files to be imaged.
- CD-R formatted CD-Roms (Mac)
- 3.5 floppy disk (Mac or Pc)
- 1 Gb or 2 Gb Jaz drive disk
- 100 Mb Zip disks (Mac or Pc)
- 44/88/200 Mb Syquest cartridges (Mac)
- 270 Mb Syquest cartidges (Pc)
Graphic File Formats:
Please provide all of your graphic files in one of the following formats:
Process Color Photos:
All scanned images to be saved in:
- CMYK mode
- 200 pixels/inch
- Bindary mode
- Highlight area = 3.5%
- Shadow area = 95%
- Allow for 20-30% dot gain