Palmers Print can accept material from you in several different formats; from hard copy to digital files. We can accept both PC and Mac generated artwork.

Preferred digital applications

  • Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop CS4 or previous versions.
  • QuarkXpress 8 or previous versions, Adobe Acrobat PDF files.
We can accept files from standard office software such as Microsoft Word, Publisher, Excel and PowerPoint (files supplied from these programs might not always be suitable for direct CMYK printing and may require additional studio time to prepare, which may incur an extra charge). For advise on the best way to set out your documents for print call or email our Studio.

Bleed (for Trim/Cutting)

If your artwork needs to be printed to the very edge of the finished size document, any images, colour etc. must “bleed” off the edge of the paper by at least 3mm - this bleed will be printed and then cut off, this will ensure that there are no white edges present on the finished job.

Resolution

When supplying images please ensure that they are scanned at 300 dpi and are at 100% otherwise quality will be compromised. images downloaded from the Internet, have a normal screen resolution of just 72 dpi and therefore, they will not reproduce a high quality result when printed.

Colour

All documents need to be set to either CMYK or a specific Pantone spot colour. Full colour artwork should contain CMYK colour only, All RGB files should be converted to CMYK. All colour proofs will be converted to CMYK and may affect appearance of any artwork supplied to us in RGB format. If a colour match is require please ensure that a reference or hard copy is supplied.

Fonts

All fonts used should be embedded (High Quality/ X-1a PDF’s with fonts embedded ticked, should ensure this) or converted to outlines (EPS, Illustrator). If fonts are supplied, please ensure that all are included and that any redundant fonts are removed.

Supplying Files

If the files are below 20mb they can be e-mailed to us. If they are above 20mb they can be supplied on CD/DVD, ftp site (please provide address and login details) or alternatively upload to our Palmers ftp here, (a username and password will need to be requested proir to use). We try to hold any supplied artwork in case of re-printing but this cannot be guaranteed. Palmers Print cannot accept responsibility for any printing errors if no proof is supplied.

If any further details are required please contact us.


File Transfer

Access the palmers ftp server here

Palmers Print
Technology House
Western Way
Bury St. Edmunds
Suffolk IP33 3SP
T: 01284 413 212
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www.palmersprint.co.uk

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