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Preflighting Services

DIGITAL^TM Prepress Services can preflight application source files for single-page artwork. Examples of single-page publications include book covers, cards and CD-ROM labels. CD-ROM labels can be accepted only as source files. The following are requirements for single-page source file submissions

• We can accept editable sources from the Mac or PC graphics applications listed below. We prefer files made with the currently released version of each application or one version previous. Adobe Illustrator V4.X for Windows is not acceptable.
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Quark XPress
  • Macromedia FreeHand
  • CorelDRAW!

• We need files for all imported (placed) images. Illustrator expects placed images to be present even when they have been saved with the Illustrator EPS file. Scanned color images must be in process color (CMYK). EPS and TIFF formats are both acceptable. If images must be rotated, please rotate them in the image editing application (e.g., Photoshop) before placing them. This makes them print faster.
• Specify all fonts. We have Adobe’s FontFolio8 CD-ROM that contains over 2300 typefaces. Any fonts you require that are not on this CD must be sent to us. The same fonts are available from the Adobe Type On Call CD-ROM. You can also find these fonts on Adobe’s Web page . We will delete your fonts from our systems after processing. Please note that TrueType fonts are never acceptable.
• Specify all spot colors. Please choose only Pantone Matching System (PMS) colors.
• We will need a hard copy or PDF proof. We need to know the expected final appearance of the job. If the design contains color, a color proof is preferred. If the artwork is to contain spot color, we will need you to note the spot colors on the hard copy proof (hand notation is fine). The quality of the color on the final artwork depends upon how thoroughly you specify it. For example, corporate logo colors can be guaranteed only if they are specified as spot colors.

We will preflight source files and report any potential production problems. We may be able to repair some errors. Other problems may need to be solved at your end. The most typical problems found during preflighting include:

• Missing or incorrectly specified spot colors.
• Missing images.
• Missing fonts.
• TrueType fonts.