Instructions for preparing the print data
For printing, the print data should be submitted as a composite PDF document.
- Center document, create a 5 mm bleed all around
- Including crop marks
- Document color mode: CMYK (color space CMYK Euroscale Coated 2), specify spot colors according to Pantone
- Compress raster images with a suitable resolution
- Reduce the layers in your design to reduce complexity
- Optimize colour profiles and convert images to CMYK mode for accurate colour reproduction
- Remove unnecessary elements or hidden objects that are not visible in the final product
- NO RGB for offset printing!
- If possible, use the same font format (TT, OT...) for all fonts.
Required resolution for image material:
300 dpi for the
CMYK color mode
300 dpi for the
grayscale color mode
1,200 dpi for the
bitmap color mode
- For embossed elements, please set the elements to overprint. Knives (for die-cutting), perforations, etc.
should be marked with lines with a minimum thickness of 0.2 mm in separate spot colors as a dashed line
- Please create elements that are used in large format, blind or varnish printing in separate spot colors and
overprinting
- For documents with multiple pages, it is imperative to store each page individually with margins on all
pages, not as duplicates (spreading)
If your design is in RGB color mode:
Your graphic designs can easily be converted to the CMYK color model
with the design program you are using. However, the downside of converting RGB color model designs to CMYK is that the colors may need to be corrected again to produce something closer to the original design you created with RGB.
Basically, all colors created with RGB in digital space will not result in the same output on physical print .
By converting RGB to CMYK, the color can usually only be converted to the extent that it comes as close as possible to the original appearance of the screen.
Only if the print data is created in a CMYK color space will the print results also correspond to the defined CMYK color specifications.