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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR PDF GENERATING GENERATING PDF IT’S GOOD TO KNOW Fonts Line Art - bitmap image Halftone images ICC profiles Pages Colours Language changes (versioning) Bleed and crop (cutting) marks Other suggestions when preparing the files Wire-O or spiral binding SOFTCOVER SOFTCOVER WITH FLAPS HARDCOVER HARDCOVER - JACKET FLEXOCOVER FLEXOCOVER WITH FLAPS WIRE-O OR SPIRAL BINDING CONTENT 2 1. Pages 6. Marks

2. Hyperlinks 7. Bleed

3. Compression 8. Layers Generating PDF files from QuarkXPress 1. Pages: Include Blank Pages 2. Hyperlinks: Disabe Hyperlinks op- tions 3. Compression: Do not compress images and keep resolution 4. Colors: Composite CMYK 5. Fonts: Select All 6. Marks: Offset 5 mm 4. Colors 9. Transpatency 7. Bleed: Symetryc, amount 5 mm 8. Layers: Select the layers you want Generateing PFD files from QuarkXPress 7 to output 1. Pages: Include Blank Pages 9. Transpatency: Ignore Transpatency 2. Hyperlinks: Disabe Hyperlinks options Flattening 3. Compression: Do not compression images and Keep Resolution 4. Colors: Composite CMYK 5. Fonts: Select All 6. Marks: Offset 5 mm 7. Bleed: Symetryc, Amount 5 mm 8. Layers: Select the layers you wants to output 9. Transpatency: Ignore Transpatency Flattening 1. Pages 6.5. MarksFonts

1. 2.Pages Hyperlinks 6. 7.Marks Bleed

2. 3.Hyperlinks Compression 7. 8.Bleed Layers

3. 4.Compression Colors 8. 9.Layers Transpatency GENERATING PDF GENERATING

Generateing PFD files from QuarkXPress 7 3 1. Pages: Include Blank Pages 2. Hyperlinks: Disabe Hyperlinks options 3. Compression: Do not compression images and Keep Resolution 4. Colors: Composite CMYK 5. Fonts: Select All 6. Marks: Offset 5 mm 7. Bleed: Symetryc, Amount 5 mm 8. Layers: Select the layers you wants to output 9. Transpatency: Ignore Transpatency Flattening 4. 5.Colors Fonts 9. Transpatency

Generateing PFD files from QuarkXPress 7 1. Pages: Include Blank Pages 2. Hyperlinks: Disabe Hyperlinks options 3. Compression: Do not compression images and Keep Resolution 4. Colors: Composite CMYK 5. Fonts: Select All 6. Marks: Offset 5 mm 7. Bleed: Symetryc, Amount 5 mm 8. Layers: Select the layers you wants to output 9. Transpatency: Ignore Transpatency Flattening 5. Fonts Generating PDF files from Adobe InDesign 1. General: Select Range you want to output 2. Compression: Use jpg max quality com- pression or use ZIP compression 3. Marks and Bleeds: crop marks, page information Offset 3 mm Bleed 3 mm 4. Output: convert to destination 4. Output (preserve numbers) 5. Advanced: no transparency flatten 6. Security: do not secure the documents Compatibility: Acrobat 6 (PDF 1.5)

5. Advanced

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6. Security

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3. Marks and Bleeds PDF GENERATING 4 Fonts profile can be converted to many other We strongly recommend to use Post- conditions with good results, Script Type 1 or Open font fonts. however, the best possible results will Please include all the fonts used in the be achieved with CMYK prepress data open files in PDF to avoid any problems prepared with the profile that matches during processing the PDF trough the that printing condition exactly. RIP. The fonts used in EPS grafics must You can find more info about ICC also be included. profiles on http://www.eci.org We strongly recomend not to use True Type fonts. Pages The usage of customized font should • Do not set up pages as spreads, only be clearly indicated when supplying one page per printed page. the documents (open documents, pdf, • If you import in a box only a part of dcs, tiff...). an image it is better to set a crop path in Adobe Photoshop (or in any other Line Art - bitmap images similar application), save the image as Line Art should be scanned at 1200 dpi EPS (or as TIFF if you use QuarkXPress resolution. A higher resolution doesn’t 4 or later) rather than set the crop give better results in printing. path in QuarkXPress/InDesing. Minimum resolution which still gives acceptible quality is 550 dpi. Save the Colours file as bitmap TIFF. • Define the colours within your application as CMYK. If spot colours Halftone images are used, define them as Pantone Halfton pictures should be scanned spot colours and not as CMYK process at 300 dpi for a 150-200 lpi range of colours. screen. Minimum resolution which still • If you use gold or Pantone, be gives acceptable quality is 200 dpi. sure to set the traping right. Usually Always remember to convert the file the Pantone spot color is printed after from RGB to CMYK. Do not use DCS the CMYK. But in this case usually the (multifile). Save the file as TIFF. We gold or silver Pantone is printed before can work with transparency and PDF - black color is printed last. And ver.1.6. it is better if the black elements are set as knockout. ICC profiles • Black text, lines and small elements Please use following ICC-profiles: must be overprint over the other light • Coated paper: gloss and matt coated tones. paper – PSO coated v.3_eci • If you want to have big black tone, • Uncoated white offset paper – PSO we sugest that you use rich black: Uncoated ISO12647 (ECI) - Fogra 52. 30 % C, 100% K • Uncoated yellowish offset paper – • Do not make separations, make ISO Uncoated Yellowish CMYK composite PDF. Base for the ICC profiles is FOGRA51 (CMYK colors of the FOGRA51 dataset Language changes are much easier to print). (versioning) In case you are not sure which ICC Please deliver the color base PDF files profile for offset printing to use, it is with common graphic for all language recommended to use PSO Coated v3 and language changes in separate 300 % (ECI). The advantage of the PDF for each language/edition with version of the coated profile with a the black texts and specific graphic for maximum total ink coverage of 300% individual language (Text Black). It is is it‘s higher flexibility regarding the necessary that all changes have the use for sheet-fed and web offset print- same parameters in size, location of ing. Prepress data prepared with this pages, position of texts and figures. KNOW IT’S GOOD TO 5 Bleed and crop (cutting) • Crop marks, register marks, color bars,… must be positioned at least marks 3 mm (5 mm for saddle-stiched books) • Bleed must be 3 mm – that means away from the edge of the page. That elements must be 3mm over the trim is because of the binding of the larger and the crop marks must be 3mm sized binding schemes. from the trim (offset 3 mm). Please IMPORTANT: We prefer that PDF don’t include color bars in the file. doesn’t contain the colour bar and Saddle-stiched books: register marks, only the crop marks Bleed must be 5mm because of the and info about the page. pages which are in the middle of the book. This pages are pushed out from Other suggestions when the spine of the book becuase of the paper tickness in the spine. And they preparing the files 4 are actualy smaller then pages which • Send PDF/X- PDF files. are positioned on the outside of the • Double check the copyright page. book block. So we have two issues • Keep file names and folder names here: pages in the short. Avoid the use of symbols and middle of the book are smaller then any special characters in the file or final size of the book and elements can folder names: stick to the letters of be cuted away if they are too close to the alphabet and the numbers 0 to the trim. If the elements on middle 9. Use the underscore characters and pages are to close to the trim, we are or dashes _ “_” separator rather than forced not to cut the book on slashes and dashes. Never use periods correct book size but we have to cut in folder names. Never place spaces at less. In this case the crop marks, the start or end of folder names. register marks can stay in finnished • Hinge on the hardcover: Hinge on book because they were not far the hard cover is about 8mm wide or enough from the timed size in the PDF. bigger. Please have this in mind when designing the cover. Important ele- Creep: Sometimes called “push out”, it is the distance margins shift when ments shouldn’t be in the hinge (exp.: paper is folded and/or inserted bar code, text,...). during finishing. The amount of creep • Slip case: Please ask for will vary depending on both the measurements to get a good fit. number and thickness of the sheets and must be compensated for during Wire-O or spiral binding The size of the Wire-o or spiral holes layout and imposition. is usualy 4 mm. Because of that all the Wire-O or Spiral binding: elements must be moved for at least bleed 3 mm all around because this is 15 mm from the spine. That goes for treated as single sheet binding. In the the cover and also for the inside pages. spine there shouldn’t be a bleed from Otherwise the Wire-o or spiral will opposite (facing) page. See the picture. make holes in the text, logos, • All the elements and text must be pictures,…. - All the elements, 5 mm from the trim Please check what kind of measure- text,…. which shouldn’t be cut away, ments are needed for the specific must be positioned at least 3 mm from Wire-O or spiral you require. The mea- the edge of the page. This is expecially surements of Wire-O or spiral can vary. true for saddle stiched books. Bleed 3 mm all around because this is • Crop marks shoulde be always in the treated as single page binding. In the With them the size and PDF file. spine there shouldn’t be a bleed from position is known. Othervisewecan’t opposite (facing) page but only bleed check the size of the pages and from the same page. See the picture position them correctly. on p. 14. IT’S GOOD TO KNOW IT’S GOOD TO 6 Please remember to submit the last version of the hardcopy, with crop marks, together with the files. This ensures that we have an appropriate reference copy of your document, and will avoid misunderstandings. In the absence of a hardcopy we will be unable to inspect our work, and you will then bear the full responsibility for the final result.

Please note that we do not proof read your files. That is your responsibility and we can not be held liable for any grammatical or type errors in document we review. We do prepress preview and preflight services only.

If the files are not prepared according to this instructions, we can’t take any responsibility for the quality of the finished product. Please take extra care of very common problems: - missing bleed, - RGB, - crop marks (cuting marks) and color bars less then 3 mm from the final size of the book,..

With approval of the ploter proof, approval on Insite / Riteapprove portal or approval of low resolution PDF, you also approve and confirme all the technical elements and that ploter proof / low resolution PDF are technical reference for further

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