Paper Sizes SIZE MM A7 105 x 74
Creating Print-Ready PDF Files As the name suggests, there is no room for error. A print-ready PDF must meet the following criteria: able to be printed at the highest quality resolution. Always export your file at high resolution (minimum 300dpi) and include crop marks and bleed. An essential component of layouts ready for print production. The concept of applying bleed is the same for all desktop publishing programs. You need to extend the object box, whether picture or colour, out past the edge of your page. • Bleed can be set up in the initial ‘New Document’ Window, however if you want to alter the bleed once your document is already in progress, go to File > Document Setup. • You can set up 3mm bleed in the sections marked Top, Bottom, Left and Right. This creates a red border around your artwork. If you have any artwork that needs to print to the edge of the page, it must extend to the red border. • With Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, or Adobe Photoshop, you do not have the ability to add bleed when creating a PDF. You need to make your page/image size 6mm larger at the beginning of the project. You will then treat the extra 6mm (3mm all round) as bleed, which will be removed when our Snap printers trim your job. For example, A4 is 210mm x 297mm. Your page with bleed will be 216mm x 303mm. HOW TO APPLY BLEED • Export the PDF by selecting File > Export > PDF. A PDF dialog box will open up. This dialog box contains 7 panes for setting PDF export options: including General, Compression, Marks, and Bleeds, Output, Advanced, Security and Summary, (identical options in both Adobe InDesign and Illustrator). Change the settings shown below in order to export your files correctly, all other settings that aren’t mentioned should remain as default. • General: Adobe PDF Preset: [High Quality Print] • Marks & Bleeds: Untick all boxes and select only ‘Crop Marks’ & ‘Use document bleed settings’ • Output: [Colour] Colour Conversion: No Colour Conversion • Save the file: InDesign select ‘Export’, Illustrator select ‘Save PDF’. EXPORTING FILES TO PDF •
A6 148.5 x 105 A5 210 x 148.5
A4 297 x 210 A3 420 x 297 A2 594 x 420 A1 841 x 594 A0 1189 x 841 Envelope Sizes SIZE MM
11B 145 x 90 DL 220 x110 DLX 235 x 120 C6 162 x 114 C5 229 x 162 C4 324 x 229 C3 458 x 324 B4 353 x 250
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