Preflight Checklist

In order to ensure successful output of the files you send us we suggest that you use this preflight checklist before submission. Although we run a preflight check when we receive your files, by conducting your own preflight check before submission you can avoid delays associated with missing graphical elements or improperly formatted disks or pages.

If you are unfamiliar with The Printing House's submission standards, you can download a copy of the Disk and PostScript Submission Standards for Computer to Plate (PDF). Below you will find a simple but effective checklist for file submission. More information can be found in the Electronic Prepress Submission Specifications concerning the following items.

1. Are your page settings properly specified?
2. Have you supplied all the necessary files?
3. Have you supplied original sources for images and graphics?
4. Have you identified all the fonts for the job?
5. Have you clearly marked, cropped and provided size information for any image that we will be scanning?
6. Have you converted all your colors from RGB to CMYK?
7. Have the file bleeds been set correctly?
8. Have you included a full-size proof of your files?
9. Have you labeled everything correctly?

Below is a list of the top ten problems encountered in electronic prepress production. By following our checklist, you can avoid many of these problems.

1. Wrong, missing, or mismatched fonts
2. Banding caused by improper gradient builds
3. Incomplete or corrupt files
4. Excessive sizing/rotating of EPS, TIFF files in the page layout program
5. Spot colors not converted to process colors or vice versa
6. Nesting files (this can cause poor output)
7. Colors that are not converted from RGB to four-color CMYK mode
8. Inadequate bleeds
9. Trapping
10. Improperly formatted files

If you have questions, please contact your Customer Service Representative or your Sales person.

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