FTP
When uploading or downloading from an FTP site Macs may need to use the program Cyberduck.
Preparing Electronic Art
Your checklist:
- Have you included all screen and printer fonts used on both your document and within any supported files imported into your document?
- Have you supplied all supported graphics files - EPS, TIFF, JPEG, etc.
- All images supplied for 4 colour printing must be CMYK not RGB.
- Have you deleted unnecessary colours not used in document from colour palette?
- Have you supplied a composite FINAL laserproof?
Art considerations
Creep
Creep occurs when the pages of a saddle stitched book becoming progressively shorter in width as you progress towards the centre of the book.
It is more evident on saddle stitched books 32pp and over e.g. an 80pp book on 115gsm Art paper would have approximately 4mm creep.
We recommend the supply of a dummy prior to the design to check for creep. Call us to arrange.
Bleed
Ellikon requires 3mm bleed - minimum
Critical Image
This is an image that is critical to the job like type, folios, headings, etc. We recommend that the critical image is 3mm from trim on non-bound jobs & 5mm from trim on bound jobs.
Spine Width
Check spine width with Ellikon on perfect bound, burst bound and section sewn drawn on cover books. Consider in the design the effect if the cover varies from calculated width.
Drilling
Allow 8mm for drilling.
Wirobind
Allow 8mm for wire.
