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Your One-Stop Digital Resource Center

Here in our Digital Resource Center you will find handy links to our FAQs and to our detailed answers to your questions about submitting your job online, graphics applications and formats supported, and to detailed information about the preparation of digital files for high quality color printing.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Here are quick answers to our most frequently asked questions. You will also find helpful links here to more detailed information if you should need it.

Digital File Help Center

In this section we provide you with all the help that you might need to prepare, collect, and submit your files for printing. Below you will find links to both general information as well as more detailed application specific instructions concerning all major graphics programs and on a variety of other print-related subjects.

You will also find helpful articles about subjects such as Reducing Your Printing Costs and many other electronic design and general file production issues.

There's even a handy expanded glossary of Graphic Arts and Printing industry terminology.

If you don't find the answer that you were looking for here don't hesitate to call our PrePress department and we'll be happy to help you with any questions you may have or with any other issues that you you need help resolving.

Templates

We can supply you with ready-made digital templates for most common print and publication types, sizes, and folding styles. Please contact us directly if you don't find what you need here and we'll be happy to get a custom template out to you ASAP.

 


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Help with Submitting Your Digital Files for Printing

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Common File Prepration Pitfalls

Listed below are the most common erro
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 by Ken Black

The most important part of this design hinges on the alignment of th
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What are Bleeds, and Why Do I Need Them?

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Digital File Checklist: Before Submitting Your Files . . .

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Collecting & Submitting Your Files for Printing

The last step in
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Submitting Your Job Using PDF

All versions of Adobe Acrobat PDF are s
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Managing & Collecting Your Macintosh Fonts

One of the most common
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Installing the Adobe Acrobat or PDF Job Options File

Adobe Acrobat Di
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Managing & Collecting Your Windows Fonts

One of the most common m
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Microsoft Publisher Tips

All versions of Publisher from 2000 to 200
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QuarkXPress Tips

All versions of QuarkXPress are supported for both A
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Adobe InDesign Tips

All versions of InDesign are supported for both
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Adobe Illustrator Tips

All versions of InDesign are supported for bot
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Adobe Photoshop Tips

All versions of Adobe Photoshop are supported fo
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CorelDraw Tips

Corel Draw is supported for both the Apple Macintosh a
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Corel PHOTO-PAINT Tips

All versions of Corel PHOTO-PAINT are supporte
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FreeHand Tips

All versions of Macromedia FreeHand are supported for b
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Microsoft Word Tips

We cannot guarantee that files created in Microso
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CMYK or RGB Color?

Most graphics software programs give you the choic
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Adobe PageMaker Tips

Although PageMaker is no longer Adobe's premier
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Explaining Digital Image Resolution, Effective Resolution and
How They Affect the Appear
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Graphics Applications That We Support

Below is a list of the most frequently used appli
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Adding Custom Page or Paper Sizes to Windows Applications   3

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How to Build a Presentation Folder Using Our Templates

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Monitors, On-Screen Color, and Color Reproduction

The problem of color monitors, on-scr
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Folding Your Job

Folding Styles and Dimensions

Getting your job's fold dimens
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Decimal Conversion for Art Majors: Using Decimal X and Y Coordinates for Increased Accuracy


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An Expanded Glossary of Graphic Arts and Printing Industry Terminology Pt. 1   3

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M (Megabyte) - one million bytes.

Machine glazed (MG) - paper with a hi
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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How to Reduce Your Company's Printing Costs

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Getting Your Publication Ready for Design and Production

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 13 Ways to Prevent Common Printing Problems, or . . .

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While not intended as professional level page layout program it, is possible to create printable
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Downloadable File Layout Templates

We are supplying PDF layouts of ou
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Brochure Templates

Brochures can be described as being a single-sheet, p
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Newsletter Templates

Newsletters are essentially the same thing as Brochures but may al
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Catalog, Calendar & Booklet Templates

Catalogs, Calendars and Booklets are similar
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Flyer & Sell Sheet Templates

Flyers and Sell Sheets are similar to Brochures and ar
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Postcard Templates

While postcards are fairly straightforward pieces it is very importa
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Rack Card Templates

Rack cards are single standard-size sheets printed on either one or
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Presentation Folder Templates

All templates are available in EPS (Adobe Illustrator v8)
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Poster Templates

Posters are larger sheets usually printed on one side only. We are sup
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Letterhead Templates

We are supplying both an InDesign and .PDF layout of our most popu
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Envelope Templates

We are supplying both an InDesign and .PDF layouts of our most popul
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Business Card Templates

We are supplying InDesign and .PDF layouts of both horizon
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Quick Tips for Graphics Applications and Digital File Creation

Below are links to pages
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Quick Tips - Adobe InDesign

Adobe InDesign (all versions)

InDesign appears to
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Quick Tips - Adobe Photoshop

Tools Behaving Badly? (all versions)

If you're h
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Quick Tips - Adobe Products (all applications)

Quick Zooms

All Adobe products
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Quick Tips - Adobe Illustrator

Need more viewing space? (all versions)

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Quick Tips - QuarkXPress

 


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Intech Express Web-to-Print (W2P) Solution for Collateral
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On Demand Web 2 Print For Collateral & Brand Management

Intech Expres
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On Demand Web 2 Print For Collateral & Brand Management

BPO Expr
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Fraction To Decimal Conversion Chart

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CMYK Color Selection Chart

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