Software Supported (PC Only)
• Adobe Photoshop (Versions up to CS)
• Adobe Illustrator (Versions up to CS)
• Adobe InDesign CS, CS2
• Adobe PageMaker 7.0
• Adobe PDF
• Quark Xpress 5.0 (PC)
While we can usually work with native files in any of the formats above, our preferred format is an Adobe PDF file with 100% subset of fonts included (and can be from the Mac platform), using Acrobat 5 (PDF 1.4) compatibility Press Quality settings.
If you send us a native file, remember to include ALL high-res images and ALL fonts, keeping in mind that we cannot use Mac fonts EXCEPT in a PDF.
MEDIA
The easiest way to send us files is via email to sales@relmprint.com. We can receive email attachments up to about 10 Megabytes, but keep in mind that your outbound email server may have smaller limits. You should compress the files using a .zip program.
For files over that size you should use a web based upload site, such as www.yousendit.com, using sales@relmprint.com as the delivery address.
If you're sending many files and/or email proves to be unreliable, please contact us for access to our ftp site. If none of these options are workable for you, please burn a CD-ROM and send it to us.
FULL BLEEDS & LAYOUT REQUIREMENTS
Bleed is the term for printing that goes right to the edge of the paper. The way to do this is to make your document .25" (1/4") too big in both dimensions. For instance, if the final size is 8.5"x11" then make your document 8.75"x11.25".
Draw guides on the layout that are .125" (1/8") from the edge all the way around. Make sure that any photographs or backgrounds that you want to bleed go clear out to the perimeter of the document, past the guidelines, but keep text and important images no closer than .25" to the edge of the document.
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Being an all-digital printer, image mode and resolution are extremely important to ensure correct color and clarity. All raster (image-based) files need to have a resolution of 300 d.p.i. at actual size. We can handle CMYK or RGB images, but there may be color shifts depending on which you shoose. Please ensure that all images in your document are the SAME color space, either CMYK or RGB.
If you are scanning the images yourself from photographs it is better to save them in either tif, or eps format. These image formats will preserve the color and sharpness of your pictures the best.
If you are using pictures from your digital camera they will work just fine if they are jpgs; the quality of jpg images from digital cameras seems to be much better than jpgs that are used on the web. You must do the math to make sure that it is high enough in pixel resolution though. For instance, if your camera puts out a typical image of 1280 x 960 pixels at 72dpi you get about 17" x 13" of photograph (at 72dpi); this is the same amount of detail as an image which is 4" x 3" at 300dpi so it's safe to reduce or enlarge that image in Photoshop up to about 4" x 3" in dimension.