Discount Printing Press Ready Specifications

Artwork Specifications

Please note Discount Printing require all artwork files to be "Press Ready". Any job submitted non-compliant to this standard may be subject for re-quotation.

Discount Printing will accept files from the following applications:

Mac OS and Windows

• Adobe Acrobat
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe PageMaker
• Quark XPress
• Macromedia Freehand

We recommend all artwork to be supplied as PDF.

File Formats: PDF, TIFF, JPG, EPS files.

Discount Printing page sizes:

• BC   90mm x 55mm
• DL   99mm x 210mm
• A6   148 mm x 105mm
• A5   148mm x 210mm
• A4   210mm x 297mm
• A3   297mm x 420mm
• A2   420mm x 594mm
• A1   594mm x 840mm
• A0   840mm x 1189mm

Artwork Checklist:

• 2mm bleed
• 100% Scale
• 1-up on a single page
• Convert your text to paths, curves or outlines
• Please ensure that all images are 300dpi
• Nominate all colours as CMYK or Pantones (PMS)
• If mailing your material please include a colour or a black & white proof copy of your file (reminder: include all fonts, scans and linked items)

CAUTION:

Screen colours are never accurate; please check your CMYK or Pantone (PMS) specifications.
Any files received in any other colour format (i.e.: RGB, Lab, HSB) will still be printed and may not reproduce as your expectations; Discount Printing will not be responsible for any colour variations/errors.

DOWNLOAD:

"How to Create a PDF"
"Discount Printing Distiller Setting - PC Version" (Unzip it and place the file in C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\Distillr\Settings)
"Discount Printing Distiller Setting - Mac Version"