Preflight Checklist Independent Printing Company, Inc. Printing and Related Communication

Please feel free to print and distribute throughout your organization.

SCANNING
All scanning is completed with our Linotype-Hell Chromagraph S3400
Scanner. We accept transparency, reflective, color, black/white,
line art, and positive and negative copy formats. Original images are
accepted up to a maximum size of 19.7" x 25.6". It may be helpful to
note that our minimum reduction size is 10 percent, and our
maximum enlargement size is 3000 percent.

PAGE LAYOUT ISSUES:
       Page size should be defined as final trim size.
       All bleeds should be .125".
       Page/panel sizes should be correct for the style of fold, if final piece requires folding.
       Independent will provide all trap.
       Clipping paths need to be created in Photoshop; avoid Quark clipping paths.

TYPE ISSUES:
       Avoid style options or buttons (choose a font from the font menu).
       Avoid specifying a rule weight of hairline (define it as a .25 point rule).

COLOR ISSUES:
       Define color names exactly the same between graphics software and page layout program.
       Define all colors appropriately as spot or CMYK colors in both the graphics and page layout.
       Output a laser copy of all separate color plates to verify accurate color break.
       Add 60% Cyan to the black in large solid black areas.
           (Rich Black: 60% Cyan, 100% Black)

IMAGE CONSIDERATIONS:
       Avoid placing PICT files. Convert them to EPS or TIFF format.
       If Quark pages are saved as EPS files and placed in another document,
           send the original Quark page and placed files used to create the page.
       Convert all live bitmap files from RGB to CMYK.
       Ensure that scan resolutions are 300 dpi for images and 1200 dpi for scanned line work.
   Place all scans at 100% size or smaller (enlargements may compromise quality).
       Rotate, scale, and crop all images before placing on page.
           Doing this in the page layout software can cause excessive imaging time.
       Set picture box background color to none in QuarkXpress whenever possible.
       Clipping paths created in Photoshop need to be one full pixel into the image.

ELEMENTS ON THE DISK TO BE SENT OUT SHOULD INCLUDE:
       Page layout files.
       Live art files/scanned images. Don’t forget embedded art files.
            No need to send F.P.O. images, they just take up extra disk space.
       Screen and printer fonts. Be sure to check all art files for fonts needed.
       Disk directory.
       Submit one of the following: a composite 100% size laser with color break info noted,
            or a composite 100% size laser with individual lasers of each color separation plate attached.

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