Prepress Specs

FILE PREPARATION GUIDELINES

APPLICATIONS SUPPORTED:
Preferred Programs
1. Adobe Illustrator 8.0
2. Adobe Photoshop 5.0
3. Aldus Freehand 8.0
4. QuarkXpress 4.0

Other Programs
5. Adobe Pagemaker 6.5
6. Corel Draw 8.0
***Convert all text to curves, paths, or outlines in Corel, Illustrator and
Freehand

MEDIA SUPPORTED:
1. 3.5 floppy
2. Zip 100mb
3. Super Disk
4. CD
5. Jazz 1 or 2 gig

GUIDELINES:
1. Hard copy proof MUST be submitted with the electronic file. Also,
indications for PMS colors, size and FPO's must be clearly marked on the hard
copy. Contract color proofs accepted for color: Iris 2 & 4 Print, Kodak
Approval, Matchprint and similar quality proofs. Color lasers are not
acceptable.

2. The page layout file must be in correct proportion to the final size.
*** 30 sheet bleeds (jumbos) must be setup 10% of final size (12.3" x 27.2")
***

3. Submit all TIFF, EPS, etc. support files used in building the layout. When
applicable, send the native file as well. DO NOT EMBED FILES!

4. Submit screen and printer fonts used in file preparation.

5. Submit any transparencies or reflective art to be scanned.

6. Scans provided by the client should be:

1. 100mb cmyk or 30mb grayscale (live area) if the photo takes up the full background of the board.
2. 50mb cmyk or 20mb grayscale (live area) if the photo takes up half of the background of the board.
3. 25mb cmyk or 10mb grayscale (live area) if the photo takes up a quarter of the background of the board,

*** Total number of pixels in a Tiff, EPS, Scitex CT, ect is what determines
if a file can be used. The can be determined by viewing how many megabytes
the saved file is.

7. All black should be 85c 70m 75y 100.