• All images used must be al least 300dpi.
  
• Files must be CMYK (unless specifically grayscale or created with Spot Colours). The printing process DOES NOT support RGB files and any images left in this format will print with a dull or gray appearance.

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QuarkXPress
Ensure all files have 3mm bleed on all edges (if applicable)

• Edit your colour palette to make sure that;
  - all Colours Not Used have been removed
  - all Spot Colours have been converted to CMYK (if applicable)
  
• Collect all Images and Fonts for Output - they are not automatically embedded

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Illustrator
Please make sure that your document is the actual size that you want printing; placing a small item in the centre of a large empty artboard may result in confusion between the order and the artwork.

• Ensure all files have 3mm bleed on all edges (if applicable)
  
• Edit your colour palette to make sure that;
  -all used Swatches are removed
  -all Spot Colours have been converted to CMYK (if applicable)
  
• Ensure all Linked pictures are supplied (if not embedded)
  
• Ensure all Fonts used are included with your artwork - they are not automatically embedded
  Please Note: The use of Drop Shadows and Transparencies are not supported by Spot Colours and will therefore be converted to CMYK which may produce an undesirable effect.

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Photoshop
Please make sure that your document is the actual size that you want printing with a resolution of atleast 300dpi

• Please increase the image size by 3mm on each side to account for bleed (if applicable). Stretching the image later to add bleed on may result in an undesirable effect.
• Make sure file is NOT RGB
• Ensure all Fonts used are supplied with your artwork - they are not automatically embedded
• You may wish to supply your artwork as a layered file (unflattened tif or psd file) incase there are any minor changes that need to be made before we proceed to print. We cannot access the individual components of a JPEG or other flattened file and so will need to ask you to supply new artwork.

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InDesign
Ensure all files have 3mm bleed on all edges (if applicable)

• Edit your colour palette to make sure that;
  -all unused Colours have been removed
  -all Spot Colours have been converted to CMYK (if applicable)
• Collect all Images and Fonts for Output - they are not automatically embedded

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CorelDraw
Please make sure that your document is the actual size that you want printing; placing a small item in the centre of a large empty artboard may result in confusion between the order and the artwork.

• Ensure all files have 3mm bleed on all edges (if applicable)
• Edit your colour palette to make sure that;
  -all Spot Colours have been converted to CMYK (if applicable)
  -any Spot Colours specifically used have been selected from the Pantone Matching System palette
• Ensure all Fonts used are included with your artwork - they are not automatically embedded

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Publisher
Please make sure that your document is the actual size that you want printing; placing a small item in the centre of a large empty artboard may result in confusion between the order and the artwork.

• Ensure all files have 3mm bleed on all edges (if applicable)
• Ensure all Fonts used are included with your artwork - they are not automatically embedded
  Please Note: Publisher DOES NOT support Spot Colours. We can only produce grayscale or CMYK jobs using this application.

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Word
Word, as it’s name suggests, is a word processing application and as such is not suitable for any high end printing. Although we are able to print simple text documents from Word we strongly recommend that you DO NOT place any images or complicated logos into your documents unless you can guarantee that these are CMYK and of 300dpi or more.
Alternatively you could create a high resolution PDF from the files which we would be happy to print from. (See the section below for details on high res PDF settings).
Please Note: Word DOES NOT support Spot Colours. We can only produce grayscale or CMYK jobs using this application.

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Excel
These applications are not designed with the printing process in mind and we would strongly recommend that any content from such file be converted to one of the previous applications.
Alternatively you could create a high resolution PDF from the files which we would be happy to print from. (See the section below for details on high res PDF settings).

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PDF
Before creating the PDF please make sure that your document meets ALL of the requirements as described under the relevant application section overleaf.

• In your print settings please ensure that you’ve;
  -set the paper size to the document size
  -set the resolution to the highest available (minimum of 300dpi)
  -added 3mm bleed
  -embedded all fonts
  -set colour to CMYK or CMYK + Spot (whichever is applicable)
  -checked the full resolution TIFF output
• Ensure that your supplied PDF has been created using Press Quality in Distiller.
• If creating a PDF from a PC program i.e. WORD, EXCEL etc please select PDF Writer or PDF Distiller as your printer