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Preparing Electronic Files
Scanning &
Picture Files
Sending Files Via
Email
Providing Digital Files
Supported
Software
Preparing
Your Electronic Files For Printing
Vista Copy Service can
accept files from any electronic media or via email.
Is the file
complete?
The
most common problem in preparing files for printing is font mismatching. To properly print
a document, we require the same fonts used to create the file.
Improper fonts affect the layout, causing the file to format incorrectly. We accept both Truetype and Adobe type fonts.
Please include fonts and graphics files as separate attachments with your artwork.
When scanning picture files, there are many different filetypes that
can be created. We recommend the use of TIFF files, which easily
produces the best raster image reproduction..
TIFF
files may be organized in two different color
models, specifically RGB and CMYK. RGB indicates that the picture is
coded using red, green and blue, and is used for viewing
the image on the computer screen.
Full
color printing requires CMYK encoded files.
This allows the file to be color separated into the Cyan,
Magenta, Yellow and Black component, which are then use to generate
the plates for offset printing.
Scanners generally create an RGB
files, which can be converted to CMYK in photo editing software
such as Photoshop. Consult your scanner and software manuals for
details.
Minumum
image resolution for
quality printing is 300 dpi.
When sending an email order, Internet mail servers
place restrictions on email size. Total email size cannot exceed
10 Mbs (megabytes), thus files must be kept under this size restriction. This is
normally not a problem. For large attachments, we recommend the use of
a file compression utility such as
Winzip.
A compressed file will transmit faster, and enable larger (uncompressed)
files to be sent without problems.
We accept files on floppy
discs, Zip discs, CDs, DVDs and USB devices. When saving your file to a
disk, please do not compress the file. Label your disks with file names,
program name and version, your name, your company name, your phone number and
the date. We also appreciate a printed copy of your file (if available) for
comparison.
Embedded picture or graphic files should be provided
as separate files, should these files require any modification.
Files from the following software
packages are accepted:
Page Layout Programs
Adobe PageMaker 7.0
Adobe InDesign
CS
QuarkXpres
Microsoft Publisher 2003
Drawing Programs
Adobe Illustration CS (convert all fonts
to outlines)
Adobe Photoshop
CS
Recommended image files are
Tiff, EPS & PDFs.
Other Programs
Adobe Acrobat
Microsoft Powerpoint
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft
Word
Other program
files may be acceptable, but may require modification.
For inquiries call (760) 941-4142 or e-mail us at
sales@vistacopy.com .
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