Design Printing | .PDF File Requirements

welcome to design print LA September 4th, 2010
Click here to view Design Printing's Award winning gallery what's new? Agfa Graphics presents Design Printing with the Greenworks Environmental Recognition Award On behalf of the team at Agfa Graphics, North America, I would like to congratulate Design Printing ... August 1, 2009 More..... what people are saying about design printing... “Paul, I am excited to be working with you. Not only was I impressed with your shop, but being able to compare other journals was a unique experie...” Harry Batt, Public Counsel April 8, 2008 More.....	.pdf requirements Bindery All files to be in CMYK color space with total D-max not to exceed 325% File Size (at 100% of usage): Rastor photo images 300 dpi - 400 dpi Bitmap or Line images 1200 dpi Page Layout Programs Always preferred as it allows us to alter files for best results or last minute alterations Adobe Indesign with all images and fonts QuarkXpress with all images and fonts Drawing Programs Adobe Illustrator with linked graphics and all fonts Adobe Illustrator with nested graphics (not recommended) Adobe Illustrator .pdf (document size must include bleed) Photoshop Photo shop .psd files with all required fonts (on type layer) and bleed requirements Because you can do everything in Adobe Photoshop, doesn’t mean it’s a good idea PDF Submissions PDF exports from professional software using high quality settings These are an example of settings in Acrobat: Click to Enlarge Microsoft Office Programs To ensure things stay as you want them convert file to .pdf (acrobat) We recommend making a distilled .pdf using Adobe Acrobat with all fonts embedded (see above)
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