File Creation Guidelines and Potential Problems

The document size must be correct:At Publication Printers we rarely print a job at 8.5”x11”. More com-mon sizes are 8.375”x10.875” or 8.25”x10.75”.  If your source document is not built to the correct size, the final output may not look like you expect it to.

The document size must be correct: At Publication Printers we rarely print a job at 8.5”x11”. More com-mon sizes are 8.375”x10.875” or 8.25”x10.75”.  If your source document is not built to the correct size, the final output may not look like you expect it to.

Margins: We ask that you don’t place anything important less than .25” from trim, especially type.  If the type is within .25” of trim, it is possible for it to be cut off.  This includes body copy and page numbers.

Crop marks:We ask for NO cropsthey MUST  have an offset of greater than .25”.

 due to trim boxes being defined in the PDF, if they are to be used, they MUST  have an offset of greater than .25”.

Spot Colors:If your job prints in process color (CMYK) Please make sure that NO Spot colors are in use in the document. Although we can convert them 

in our RIP, it is considered best practice to convert before creating the PDF file.

Them before creating the PDF file.

Transparency: Our RIP uses the newest Adobe : Extreme RIP technology and can process transparency contained in a PDF without the need to flatten.

Fonts:  Some fonts are restricted from being embedded in the PDF file by the fonts license.  InDesign will warn you if the font cannot be embedded due to licensing restrictions.  If this happens, please either choose another font, or submit the font with the job.