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Supply all fonts and images.
Fonts must be included with the job. There are two types of fonts. Postscript and
truetype. Postscript fonts are preferred. Postscript fonts have two parts to them… the screen font and the printer
font. Both must be included. Even if the font is a common one like Helvetica you still need to send it. There are
hundreds of variations of Helvetica and the one that you’re using may be one that we don’t have. If you are using
Adobe Illustrator you can change your fonts to “outlines” which will eliminate any font problem, but send the
fonts anyways. If you send an Adobe Photoshop file to be printed is better to leave the text on its own layer. If
you flatten the text it becomes whatever resolution that file is and even if it’s a 300 dpi image the text will still
appear a little jagged. Any images used must also be sent. Many programs like QuarkXPress and Adobe
Pagemaker link images instead of placing them right in the document. This saves time when working on a
document, but if you don’t include your images they will print out as low resolution pictures.
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Scans.
The general rule for scanning images is to scan at twice the lpi (lines per inch) of the printer your
document is going to be printed on. Every printer is different. It is best to find out what the output of your printer
is before scanning you images. If you are scanning black and white images to be printed on the Xerox Docutech
the recommended resolution 150 dpi. When scanning line-art or text scan at a resolution of 600 dpi. If scanning
in color for the Docucolor 40, scan at 200 dpi. When scanning in color always scan in CMYK, not RGB. RGB is
for monitors and has a much larger color gamut than what can actually be printed. If you leave your image in
RGB you may be a bit surprised at just how purple your blue sky is.
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File Types
The preferred file format is Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). APDF file takes away much of
the hassle and many of the problems that can occur with native program formats. PDF’s include all the images
and fonts that are in a document so you don’t have to worry about sending them along with the file. In addition
you don’t have to have the native programs to be able to read a PDF. All you need is Adobe Acrobat Reader
which is free and available for download from www.adobe.com. Many programs now include a way to create
PDFs right from the program. If the program you’re using doesn’t include a way, you can purchase Acrobat
Distiller from Adobe. It’s well worth the price especially if you’re sending a lot of files out for print. There are
specific settings when using distiller to get the best looking print. More details on what they are are listed below
under PDF Setup.
We also except many other file types including QuarkXPress, Adobe Pagemaker, Photoshop, Illustrator,
Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint. If sending a Word document you must include hard page breaks
between pages. If you have other software that is not listed and don’t have the ability to send a PDF then contact
us. We can always find a way to make it work.
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Creating PDFs
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When creating a PDF with Acrobat Distiller there are a few
setting that will help optimize your
document for printing.
In Distiller, choose PrintOptimized from the
Job Options menu; then go to the Settings
menu and choose Job Options. Click on the
Compression Tab. Make sure you turn off
all Bicubic Downsampling by unchecking
the boxes and set all the compression fields
to ZIP with 8-bit quality. Click OK and save
this as a new PrintOptimized settings file.
This will make sure that your images have
the best quality possible when printed.
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