Advice

Films and Bromides

• Check all pics are showing ‘OK’ in picture usage.
• Do not use‘hairline’ rules, minimum should be .25pt.
• Create three folders for your work; documents, pictures, fonts.
• Use CMYK images not RGB or Indexed Colour for print work.
• Avoid PICT files.
• Maximum film & bromide sizes; 395 x 558, 652 x 558, 305 by any length.
• Use Type-one fonts (from a good library if possible,) in preference over Truetype.
• Check that spot colours are consistently named.
• Check white type on any background is on ‘knockout’ in trap information.
• Remember to create paths for any image that has no background and is brought into a Quark picture box which is coloured ‘none’.
• Avoid font problems in your EPS files (Illustrator, Freehand) by converting text to paths/outlines.
• ALWAYS run out composite and separated postscript proofs before sending the job to us to output film – this is the most important but most ignored advice. It will show you whether your job separates properly and will show us exactly what output you expect.

Please also look at our prices section.