Guide to Supplying Artwork
Everything you need to know about supplying artwork files correctly

Artwork Files
Press ready PDF - with fonts embedded
JPEG at least 300 dpi and set to CMYK.

Supplying PDF artwork
We prefer all artwork to be supplied as high-resolution PDF format.
PDF's are rapidly becoming the standard file format for transmitting files for printing, but it is important to prepare your PDF file in the correct way.

Correct preparation of PDF files
When creating a PDF in Acrobat Distiller, there are job options which must be set for commercial printing. These include default resolution, compression settings and font embedding.

Please ensure you choose high resolution. Compression settings for colour and greyscale should be downsampled to 300dpi with "auto compression" set on high. Bitmapped (monochrome: i.e. line art) images should be set at 600dpi. Font embedding should be set to "embed all fonts."

Bleed
Make sure there is 1mm bleed all round the PDF, i.e. save the PDF with 1mm added to each measurement (i.e. for A4 usually 210mm x 297mm, save as 212mm x 299mm). Crop marks are not needed and should be left out.

CMYK not RGB please!
Please ensure that all embedded images are CMYK files please. RGB images may look good on your screen but final output to print is always in CMYK. One should be aware that files converted from RGB to CMYK may alter the colour composition significantly.

Imposition
we only require magazines/brochures to be impositioned, please see individual products for full information or contact us prior to submitting the order.

Sending artwork by email
Please address it to (info@nmcreative.co.uk) with any relevant information regarding the job. Maximum file size preferred by email is 20mb.

Further assistance
If you need any help with sending your artwork please contact us on 01253 720836

Guide to Supplying Artwork Everything you need to know about supplying artwork files correctly

Artwork Files Press ready PDF - with fonts embedded JPEG at least 300 dpi and set to CMYK.

Supplying PDF artwork We prefer all artwork to be supplied as high-resolution PDF format. PDF's are rapidly becoming the standard file format for transmitting files for printing, but it is important to prepare your PDF file in the correct way.

Correct preparation of PDF files When creating a PDF in Acrobat Distiller, there are job options which must be set for commercial printing. These include default resolution, compression settings and font embedding.

Bleed Make sure there is 1mm bleed all round the PDF, i.e. save the PDF with 1mm added to each measurement (i.e. for A4 usually 210mm x 297mm, save as 212mm x 299mm). Crop marks are not needed and should be left out.

CMYK not RGB please! Please ensure that all embedded images are CMYK files please. RGB images may look good on your screen but final output to print is always in CMYK. One should be aware that files converted from RGB to CMYK may alter the colour composition significantly.

Imposition we only require magazines/brochures to be impositioned, please see individual products for full information or contact us prior to submitting the order.

Sending artwork by email Please address it to (info@nmcreative.co.uk) with any relevant information regarding the job. Maximum file size preferred by email is 20mb.