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From Pica's to Pdf's, Jason is able to guide you through the design and print process to help prevent any possible problems that may occur at the printing stage. Take a look at our FAQ's first to see if your question can be answered, if not, he'd love to hear from you with your query so do e-mail him at: jasongrafham@crownlitho.co.uk.
How should I supply files?
Which fonts can you support?
Software options
Planning up your artwork
Image size
Image file types
How should I supply files?
Specifications on file supply are generally straightforward. The following guidelines will help you to provide us with workable files.
Which fonts can you support?
Our font library for PC and MAC is very extensive but it is helpful if you provide us with your printer details and screen fonts.
When supplying files in Adobe Acrobat PDF format you need to make sure you have distilled your file selecting the option to embed all fonts. In this instance we do not need you to provide us with the font details as well.
Software options
We can accommodate a wide range of software because digital printing does not use films or plates like conventional litho. This includes the following packages:
• Adobe Acrobat PDF
• Quark Xpress
• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe Pagemaker
• Adobe Photoshop
• Macromedia Freehand
The following file types can be supported, but a PDF is generally preferable.
• Corel Draw
• Microsoft Office - Word, PowerPoint & Excel
• Microsoft Publisher
If you have a different package, please call us on 01483 567595 or email info@crownlitho.co.uk to check compatibility.
Planning up your artwork
If you are producing artwork for items such as business cards which normally are printed “several up” on the page, please still provide the file just “one up”.
Image size
Ideally, image files (graphics and pictures) should be provided at a resolution of 300dpi, and at the same size they appear in your document. However, using digital techniques, we may be able to achieve reasonable results with lower resolution images and with smaller file sizes. To check, please call us on 01483 567595.
Image file types
Many image file types are supported by our system including EPS, JPEG, TIF and BMP. You can save images as either RGB or CMYK but CMYK is preferable if you have both options.