TECHNICAL DATA

COLOUR REFERENCE
1x0 black printing only on one side
1x1 black printing only on both sides
4x0 full colour printing on one side
4x4 full colour printing on both sides
4x1 full colour one side and black on other side
5th Colour for White Ink or Clear Varnish
Any other colour rather than black, is considered as full colour when using our digital press.

ARTWORK FORMAT
All documents should include crop-marks and bleeding. Final artwork should be supplied in pdf format, including crops and bleeds. When printing both sides, all pages must be in one pdf. It is recommended that a low res jpg is supplied with the original file as a visual for reference only. When re-printing a job it is recommended that the same format is used in order to match previous colours. (previous invoice no is required)

RE-PRINT
A ‘re-print’ means that you require another print run of a job already printed and is in our system. If there are changes to the artwork, this is NOT a re-print but a new job.

BLEEDING
Business cards should include 2mm. Artworks between A5 and A4 should include 3mm. Artworks A3 should include 5mm. Hard bound covers should include 20mm all round.

CROP MARKS
All crop marks should be touching outside bleed area.

LENS EFFECTS
Lens effects should only be used on CMYK and not on pantone colours.

GRADATIONS
For a smooth finish, it is recommended that gradients are only produced in Photoshop.

TEXT
All text should be converted to curves / vectors before exporting to pdf.

PERFORATION
Perforation should only be marked with a thin line (0.5pt) in the bleed area (not along the artwork).

CREASING
Creasing should only be marked with a thin line (1pt) in the bleed area. If possible avoid solid colours in the spine.

NUMBERING
A visual with numbering in position is recommended with the original artwork.

PERSONALISATION
A csv file is requested as a data base for any personalisation required. Data in csv files must be categorised in individual rows and should not have empty cells.

SPIRAL BINDING
Leave 8mm clearance on the spiral side.

RIVET BINDING
Leave 25mm clearance on the punched side.

LAMINATION

If possible avoid solid dark colours especially black when laminating matt and creased.