MATERIAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR EVERY DAY WITH RACHAEL RAY

Acceptable File Formats

PDFX1A, TIFF/IT-P1, CT/LW or raster-based DCS2 with a contract proof. If your existing pre-press vendor cannot supply a TIFF/IT file, please contact the QuadARM Call center to have the ad processed.

Please refer to PostScript and Distilling specifications for your particular applications.

Additional Instructions

• Information should be supplied on a Macintosh formatted Zip or CD-ROM.
• Materials should include three files: final page (FP), continuous tone (CT) and line work (LW).
• CT file should comply with SWOP standards between 200 and 400 dpi. LW and HC files are 2400 dpi.
• Line screen requirement: 133
• Total density should not exceed SWOP, which is 300%.
• Any 5th or spot color should be in a separate file (please include a separate check list).
• All required trapping must be included in the file.
• Black text should be merged with the LW: right reading portrait mode only, 100% size, no rotations, standard trim and bleed marks in all separations.
• Use only PostScript fonts.
• Truetype fonts are unacceptable.
• Avoid using Multiple Master fonts.
• Images for 4/C ads must be submitted as final, high-resolution, CMYK files.
• Ads created in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Publisher, PowerPoint or any other word processing program WILL NOT be accepted.
• All digital pages should include a printout of contents of each disk supplied as well as correct copy information for content and positioning.

Color Proofs

• Provide (1) SWOP approved contract proof and (1) color laser

Preferred Color Guidance

Please provide a Kodak Approval, CREO Spectrum or Iris digital proofs for color guidance on press. The supplied color guidance must meet all SWOP specifications and must include a 6mm 5%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% CMYK patch strip for quality color.