PRINTING TIPS
SIZES
Envelope Sizes
11B – 90 mm x 145 mm
DL – 110 mm x 220 mm
DLX – 120 mm x 235 mm
C5 – 162 mm x 229 mm
C4 – 229 mm x 324 mm
Paper Sizes
A3 – 297 mm x 420 mm
A4 – 210 mm x 297 mm
A5 – 148 mm x 210 mm
A6 – 105 mm x 148 mm
DL – 99 mm x 210 mm
Business Cards: 90 mm x 54 mm
SUPPORTED APPLICATIONS
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe InDesign
Other programs are not designed for printing – these types of files take longer to prepare for print therefore incurring higher artwork charges.
PROVIDING ARTWORK | FONTS
When providing artwork for print, we have thousands of fonts, but our fonts may differ from yours, PDF files with bleed and trim marks, should be supplied with fonts embedded.
Any elements that bleed must extend at least 3mm outside the trim area. Business Card to have 2mm bleed.
Please ensure that all images are 300dpi.
Nominate all colours as CMYK or Pantone (PMS) [depending on how it is to be printed – contact printer].
If mailing your material please include a colour or black & white proof copy of your file (include all fonts, scans and linked items).
GLOSSARY OF COMMON PRINTING TERMS
DPI – Dots per inch. 300dpi is the ideal level for quality images.
GSM – Grams per square metre. This is the weight that paper is measured in. Generally known as paper thickness!
PMS – Pantone Matching System. Spot Colours – each colour specified by a number. PMS Colours are best used when only a few colours to be printed. PMS can be transferred to CMYK for full colour printing.
CMYK – Cyan, Magenta, Yellow & Black. 4 colour process. Print colours for full colour printing.
RGB – Red, Green & Blue. Screen colours for use in web design – NOT FOR PRINTING.
Trim Marks – lines printed in the corners of your artwork to show the printer where to trim the paper.
Bleed – A few millimeters extra artwork past the edge of the paper (artwork that goes to the edge of the paper, must have bleed added. So if it is trimmed unevenly, white paper does not show). Generally 3mm bleed.
Business Card to have 2mm bleed.
Presentation folder or books to have 5mm bleed.