Printing Knowledge

When creating your printed marketing make sure to use a professional page Layout programs such as Adobe Indesign or Quark Xpress. If you don’t have a professional layout program make sure you know how to save your document in PDF format. Usually this can be achieve by “saving as PDF” or “print as PDF”. Also make sure to open the final PDF document to make sure it looks just like you planned it to be.

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We can’t stress enough about bleeds, it is a common mistake that we see a little too often. A bleed is the area that extends beyond the cut-line. No printer can print right to the edge of the page, therefore when setting up a document where images extend to the cut edge we require a minimum bleed of 1/8″ (0.125), otherwise your printed document will show a white edge around or will need to be undercut.

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Confused by printing terms? Print design can be a confusing because of all the unfamiliar printing terms and concepts hopefully this glossary will give you a brief overlook to some of the most used terms, to ensure your designs look the same on paper as they do on screen. You can now continue on your journey to becoming a PRINT MASTER…

CMYK
Subtractive primary colors used for four-color process printing: cyan, magenta, yellow and black.

RGB
Additive primary colors used for monitors ...

• File submission- you can submit your files to us by email, FTP, flash drive, cd.
• Format – We prefer files submitted in PDF format. Most computer programs allow for files to be saved or exported as PDF. However you can also submit your files in EPS, PSD, JPG, TIFF, AI, ID, QX, etc. Make sure to convert all your fonts to outlines or embed all your fonts in your files.
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Bleed is a printing term that is used to describe when a document has images or elements that extend to the edge of the printed page. No printer can print right to the edge of the paper, so for this to be achieved the graphic edge must extend beyond the trim edge. You document must be printed on a paper larger than the intended size and trimmed to size. This will avoid any white edge around your document. Continue Reading →