To ensure accurate output from the artwork supplied by you, our prepress technicians are trained to be detail oriented.

Our systems are Macintosh and PC based, and we have the capability to produce film for you in-house. Supply your artwork to us either on file, on disk, or by uploading it to our ftp site - and let our trained professionals take it from there.

Be sure to check out our file specifications before creating your documents for us to print.

General Information:

The following are general guidelines in preparing document for Liberty Press to produce film directly from your electronic files. If you have any questions about these instructions, do not hesitate to call us and ask questions before creating your document.

This will help you to avoid creating a document that we are unable to print. Not all documents print to film the same way they print to your printer; however if you follow these guidelines, it will reduce the risk of us receiving an unusable document.

Please provide us with complete information when submitting jobs for electronic imaging, including:

Contact Person's & Phone Number
Designer's Name & Phone Number
Outside Suppliers' Names & Numbers
Complete, CURRENT laser prints of the document(s)

Platform:

Jobs can be submitted for two platforms: IBM/PC or Macintosh.

3.5" Floppy
100 Mb Zip
250 Mb Zip
CD (or CDR)

A document may be created in either PageMaker v5.2 or later or in QuarkXpress v3.3 or later.

DO NOT CREATE YOUR DOCUMENTS IN Photoshop, Illustrator or Freehand (these applications are used to create graphic files, not documents).

Page size must be NO LARGER THAN 17.5" x 25".

Keep your document titles SHORT and DESCRIPTIVE and use proper extension on IBM/PC documents.

ALL graphics used within your documents should be LINKED (not embedded) and ALL linked graphics must be included with your document when you submit it to us for printing; however, DO NOT send graphics which are NOT used within your document.

Graphic files must be saved in one of the following formats:

Encapsulated Post Script Format (eps)
Tagged Information Format (tif)

Graphics should be created in one of these applications (DO NOT USE FILE COMPRESSION SUCH AS LZW COMPRESSION):

Photoshop
Illustrator
Freehand

If your graphics are all one color (black or spot) save the graphics as grayscale. After creating your graphics, check highlights and shadows. The Highlight should be no less than 5% black, and the Shadow should be no more than 85% black.

If your graphics contain more than one spot color, they must be saved as EPS files with the specific spot color channels embedded and properly named within the graphic. (If you name a color, for example, PANTONE 186, this color name must be used exactly that way within your document, and the name is case sensitive. These are not the same: Pantone 186, PANTONE 186 CV, Pantone 186 CVU, etc.)

If you are printing in process color, your graphics should be saved as CMYK graphics.

DO NOT SEND PICT, PIC, JPG, GIF, PCX, AUTO CAD or Windows META FILES! (We cannot print these files to high resolution film).

If you need assistance in saving your graphics properly, please call us prior to submitting the job.

All fonts used within your document MUST be included with your document when you submit it to us for printing. Include all varieties of the font family (italic, bold, heavy, extrabold, oblique, etc.)

MACINTOSH:

When creating your document, be sure to use the proper font variation (NOT THE FONT STYLE BUTTON). For Example, use the font "TimesItalic" to italicize "Times", not the "i" button on the "Times Regular" font.
Be sure to include both screen fonts and printer fonts.
Adobe Type 1 and True Type are both acceptable

IBM/PC:

Adobe Type 1 and True Type are both acceptable

Spot Color:

A SPOT COLOR print job usually consists of one, two or three specifically mixed ink colors. If more than three colors are used in the job, it usually is best to print the job in PROCESS color rather than spot color. Some examples of spot color jobs may be:

• Print job consisting of only black ink
• Print job consisting of black and one or two spot colors (like red and blue) for emphasis on certain section of the document
• Print jobs consisting of one, two or three colors other than black

Process Color:

A PROCESS COLOR print job usually consists of several colors (more than three) containing items such as photos, full color graphics or artwork.

This type of printing requires a mixing of Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black (CMYK) to create virtually any color within your document.