Print & Finish Definitions
DIGITAL:Dry ink / toner based printing. Ideally suited to shorter print runs.
OFFSET:
Wet ink based, traditional printing. Principally used for print runs of 500+.
HI-GLOSS:
Premium gloss laminate finish on 1 side, adding extra durability and colour vibrancy.
GLOSS:
Gloss art finish / Gloss printing.
ULTRA GLOSS:
U.V. (Ultra Violet) gloss coating for extra colour vibrancy.
MATT:
Soft finish - Uncoated.
SMOOTH AS SATIN:
Premium satin laminate on both sides, giving a velvety smooth finish. Back to top
Standard Page Sizes
| A5 | 148.5 x 210mm |
| A4 | 210 x 297mm |
| A3 | 297 x 420mm |
| SRA3 | 320 x 450mm |
Standard Job Sizes
BUSINESS CARDS:86 x 55mm (With bleed 89 x 58mm)
DOUBLE BUSINESS CARDS:
175 x 55mm or 113 x 86mm (With bleed 178 x 58mm or 116 x 89mm)
POSTCARDS:
171 x 86mm or 150 x 100mm (With bleed 174 x 89mm or 153 x 103mm)
RACKCARDS:
100 x 210mm (With bleed 103 x 213mm) Other sizes available on request. Back to top
Design Tips
Text Safe Area:Our standard text safe area is 3mm smaller on each edge than the finished size of the card. Inside this area is safe for all information to be as well as graphics. If there is any text or graphics outside this area then there is a chance that it will get cut off when the card is trimmed.
Bleed:
Bleed is added to give continuous colour and/or image right to the edge of a job. Without bleed a white edge may appear when the job is trimmed to final size. Please allow a minimum of 1.5mm bleed on all edges on all jobs.
Page Border:
This border must be left on the template so that our software can recognise the edge of the document.
Here are a few tips to follow to help make your life (and ours) easier...
- All colours to be CMYK, no Pantone Colours or RGB / HSV / INDEX COLOUR files. Note: Pantone colours may be required for spot colour offset jobs.
- Check your specified colours against the CMYK Colour chart. Screen colours generally don’t match or give a true reflection of what will print.
- Convert all fonts to paths or curves if possible - or supply all fonts used
- All pictures need to be 300dpi at actual size for maximum quality, any bigger it’s a waste of space, any smaller the quality drops!
- Text: ASCII, MicroSoft Word, RTF, Plain Text or similar is preferable
- Graphics: For scanned Photos & Logos (Bitmap Graphics)
- Photos: 300dpi at 100% full size saved as TIFF, EPS or JPEG
- Logos: 600dpi at 100% full size saved as TIFF or EPS
All jobs and/or logos are to be supplied with a Colour (preferable) or Black & White print out if possible for our reference. Back to top
Software Formats
We work primarily with PDF's.
Click the following link to download some of the templates available for setting your artwork up on so you can correctly supply a pdf and save time and money!
http://www.theproductionhouse.co.nz/templates/
Files like .tif, .eps, .ai... etc....
FREEHAND - these files are the best, just remember to supply all links, convert to paths or supply fonts used.
PHOTOSHOP - CMYK is good... RGB is bad. Leaving layers unflattened lets us alter your file, but font issues can occur.
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR - can be easily imported into Freehand.
COREL DRAW up to 9 - make sure files are converted to curves or fonts supplied and links are embedded or supplied separately.
If you are working in QUARK or PAGEMAKER please export the file as an eps or ai, so we can put it into freehand... and supply a colour proof just in case. We can also open these files if required and make conversions.
If you are working in a SIGNWRITING PROGRAM then the same applies, export as an eps or an ai file (even a tiff, but make sure it is CMYK and check the colour values, RGB files will only cause headaches).
Disk Formats
Please check for viruses before supplying files on disk.- 1.4 meg floppy (Please format floppy disc before copying files or use new disc)
- Iomega Zip Disk 100/250 meg
- Compact Disks; PhotoCD or writable CDs (CD-R, CD-RW or DVD-R) in Mac or Windows format