Sending us your files
We can accept your files on CD, DVD, Zip Disk, USB Flash disk, Email or
via direct download over the internet. If sending via email, please send
to artwork @ 1stopprint.co.uk and if possible put the name of the staff
member who you spoke to in the Subject field, along with a contact number
and your order number if possible.
Software Supported
We currently use PC systems for all design
and print work.
- CorelDraw
- Serif PagePlus
- Quark Xpress
- InDesign
- Pagemaker
- Illustrator
- Freehand
- Photoshop
- Acrobat PDF
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Publisher
Colour Jobs
Please remember the following when sending us your artwork:
- Colours (particularly of images) must be CMYK.
- Include any fonts used in your publication, or
convert all text to shapes/curves.
Spot Colour Jobs
Please supply the following files when sending us your publication:
- Your Pantone references must be the same at all
times. Ie. if you saved a logo in Illustrator
with a CVU suffix you must use this suffix throughout your publication
(i.e. not CVC or CV etc).
- All fonts you used in your publication.
- A Colour Palette which consists of all spot colours
you are using.
- Note: RGB or CMYK images will not separate in to
spot colours.
Also note: The following programmes are not
suitable for spot colour output. We will treat their files as CMYK (4
Colour).
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Publisher
Bleed
A minimum 2mm bleed is required.
This is a 2mm overflow of any background colour/image which spreads to
the edge of the page.
Images
Ideally pictures should be 350 dpi at 100% print size.
Creating a PDF for printing
If you are unfamiliar creating PDFs for print, some useful information can
be found
here.
If you have any technical queries please
email
webservices@1stopprint.co.uk
