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Before sending your electronic file to DPMS for imagesetting, please consider the following guidelines:
- Set up your file so that the page size of the electronic document matches the page size of the printed piece and with the appropriate output device drivers whenever possible.
- Unless the typeface is intricate or finely detailed, convert any text in EPS graphics to paths before you import the graphics into your page layout program.
- Scan or acquire images as close to the final size as possible (Larger is not necessarily better) and at the appropriate resolution.
- Rotate, mirror, or flip graphics in the program used to create them, not in the page layout program.
- Remove extra paths and channels to simplify the files before saving your final graphics.
- Define colors according to the CMYK model if they are to be separated, or as spot colors if they are to be printed with spot colors.
- Save graphics in TIFF or EPS format, uncompressed. Avoid JPEG and GIF graphics as they do not reproduce as well.
- Print test separations on a laser printer to make sure you don't have extra plates or unwanted spot colors.
- Use QuarkXpress Collect for Output or Adobe Pagemaker's Prepare for Service Bureau utility to make sure you know what fonts to include, and send the fonts and images used within the document as well as the file itself.
- When sending files, clearly label each disk, include a current hard-copy proof with crop marks and bleeds, preferably printed at the final size (100%).
- As soon as you get a proof, inspect it carefully for errors or problems and return proof immediately.
- If you have questions regarding electronic file submission or would like to meet with a Prepress representative, please call Monica at 646-2955, Judi at 646-3990 or Tina at 646-1293 to set up an appointment.
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