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These are our specifications for print files:
print file templates
business/ company card 85 x 55 mm landscape format
business/ company card 55 x 85 mm portrait format
stationery/ letterhead
Images and graphic resolutions
- Pictures, images and graphics: 250 dpi
- Greyscales and colour images: 250 dpi
- Line artwork (e.g. texts in a small font size and drawings): 1.200 dpi
document colours
- Prepare your files using CMYK as the colour mode, not RGB.
- Avoid using 4c for black text; instead, set the font colour to 100% K.
- When using special colours (Pantone or HKS), enter the desired values in the colour channel.
File size and trim
- Create your files in their final trim size.
- To allow leeway for cutting differences in production, always add trim allowance to the size ordered.
- Standard trim allowance: 2 mm
safety margin
- Keep all contents at least 3 mm away from the edge of the finished size.
- Make sure colours, background pictures and layouts extend into the bleed area so as to avoid leaving white lines as a result of cutting tolerances.
fonts
- Convert fonts to paths or embed them in the document to avoid tracking and printing problems.
- Make sure there is sufficient contrast between background and font colours.
Line weights
- Lines should be at least 0.22 pt.
- Lines that are too thin are automatically increased to a printable weight. (Exception: lines set to precisely 0 pt. We cannot guarantee that the weight of these lines will be automatically inreased.)
- Do not use borders to frame the whole page. They can be partialy cut, due to the mechanical cutting tolerance and can effect the appearance of the final product.
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