Tools, Tips & Tricks

If you've ever designed a printed piece you know that getting the results you expect takes some knowledge and skill. We'd like to help you learn more about your end of the process. That's why we've put together some helpful prepress guidelines. They cover many topics that will help you troubleshoot your designs and eliminate errors in file preparation and transfer.

Prepress Guidelines

1. What We Need in Order to Output Your File

2. Appropriate Applications for Digital Prepress

3. Setting Up The File in a Page Layout Application

4. Artwork, Scanning and Resolution

5. Problem Artwork

6. Linked Files

7. Fonts

8. Colors and Trapping

9. Packaging Files to be Output

10. Sending Files

This section will be expanded in the future with more links to tools and tips.

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