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Getting Files Ready for the Printer

Paper sizes, bleed, CMYK, resolution and print-ready PDFs

  • Free ebook
  • Beginner to intermediate
  • 27 pages
  • 111 KB
  • PDF, English
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About this ebook

What you will learn

Learn what printers need from you so that your cards, leaflets, books and banners come out right the first time. The book explains paper sizes, CMYK colour, resolution, bleed, fonts, black and spot colours, proofing, imposition, folding and binding, and ends with a preflight checklist and the mistakes that cost the most money.

Who it is for

DTP students and print-shop staff.

Contents

  1. Paper sizes and paper types
  2. RGB and CMYK
  3. Resolution: print versus screen
  4. Bleed, trim and safe area
  5. Fonts: embedding and outlining
  6. Black, rich black and spot colours
  7. Proofing
  8. Imposition basics
  9. Flex and vinyl printing
  10. Folding and binding
  11. Preflight, talking to the printer, and costly mistakes

At the end of the book

  • Practice questionsTo check what you have learnt, with the answers after them.
  • GlossaryThe key words of the book, each explained in one sentence.
  • Easy EnglishShort sentences and everyday words, with each new word explained the first time.

Reading, printing and sharing

  1. On a phone or computerTap Read online to open the book in your browser, or Download to keep it and read it without the internet.
  2. To printThe pages are A5, half the size of A4. Choose two pages per sheet in the print settings to fit two pages on each A4 sheet.
  3. To shareSend the link to this page, or the PDF itself, to friends, classmates or students. The book is free for everyone.

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