Your Guide to Print A quick guide to printing with Gemini...
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Contents SECTION 1 Getting Started 4 SECTION 2 A-Z of Print Terminology 5 SECTION 3 Paper Sizes 6 SECTION 4 How to Prepare Artwork Files 7 SECTION 5 FTP Upload 9 SECTION 6 Standard Print Finishing and Binding Types 10 SECTION 7 Standard Types of Folding 11 3
SECTION 1 Getting Started GEMINI PRINT GROUP S WORKFLOW PROCESS INITIAL PROJECT BRIEF specifications & timings outlined PRICING costs requested from Gemini s estimating team estimate checked against project specification prices submitted to client FINAL PROJECT BRIEF changes to the scope of works highlighted deadlines agreed for receipt of artwork, artwork sign off and final delivery date/s method of artwork submission identified (ftp, Insite etc.) estimate revised and resubmitted if necessary ORDER APPROVAL official order received job booked onto Optimus (Gemini s MIS) job bag created paper either allocated and bonded from held stock, or ordered as per any special making requirements; all conducted inline with the agreed delivery deadline production slot/s allocated in-line with the agreed delivery deadline full project briefing to Account Manager relevant links sent in preparation to submit artwork (ftp, Insite etc.) DESPATCH & FULFILMENT labels created boxed and/or palletised in-line with the clients requirements deliveries made POD e-mailed invoice created ready for submission PRINT & FINISHING plates produced flat paper sheets printed project finished in-line with the job bag PROOFS & APPROVAL artwork submitted/uploaded via the agreed channel artwork supplied checked against the job bag specification, with any discrepancies flagged to the client artwork ripped and put through pre-flight, report produced highlighting any issues which will affect the quality; such as non-embedded fonts, low resolution images, printing colours set up incorrectly etc. artwork amended and resupplied if required the agreed type of ripped proofs (hard copy, PDF etc.) Sent to the client for approval changes made if necessary new artwork re ripped and re proofed proofs approved 4
SECTION 2 A-Z of Print Terminology Artwork - Original copy of graphic design including photos, type, embedded fonts etc. for the intent of printing. Bleed - Is printing that goes beyond the edge of the sheet before trimming; usually 3mm of bleed is required to ensure that white paper does not show after final trimming. Crop Marks - Also known as trim marks, these are lines printed in the corners of the printed sheets of paper to show Gemini where to trim the paper. CMYK - Cyan (blue), Magenta (red), Yellow and Key (black) are the colours that make up the full-colour process used by a printing press. Digital Printing - Refers to modern printing methods that use digital files, such as PDFs, instead of printing with plates. This is ideally suited to short runs, fast turnaround work and where personalisation is required. DPI - Dots per inch is a measurement of resolution of an image. Four-colour process - This is the system used to produce full colour printing. The four ink colours are cyan, magenta, yellow and black, which is often referred to as CMYK. The four inks are translucent and because of this can be over printed and combined in different percentages to produce a very wide range of colours. FTP - File transfer protocol. This is a method for computers to transfer files from one computer to another. GSM - Grams per square metre, which is an industry standard metric paper weight measurement. Imposition - This is the layout of pages planned up on a large sheet, so they are in the correct order when the sheets are folded and trimmed; there are many different imposition layouts. Offset Printing - Sheet fed offset printing applies to all Gemini s lithographic presses. It is where the paper does not come into direct contact with the printing plate. The inks are transferred from the plate to a blanket cylinder and then onto the paper, which protects the plate from being damaged. Offset Lithography - This works on the basic principle that oil and water do not mix. A lithographic plate has non-image areas that absorb water; during printing the plate is kept wet, so the wet areas reject the ink and the ink stays just on the image area. Pantone - This is the brand name for the industry s leading colour matching system. Large ranges of ink colours are given numbers or names, which produce standard colour results across the printing industry. They provide a colour swatch book to indicate the numbers against each colour. Proof - A printed, e-mailed, or on-line copy of the originally supplied artwork, which would have been ripped and manipulated through Gemini s software programmes in order to format the project for print. This is normally the final sign off stage before going to print. Resolution - Resolution is the measure of pixels in the display, usually expressed in measurements of width x height. For example, a monitor that is 1920 x 1080 is 1920 pixels across and 1080 pixels down. Higher resolution means more detail. RGB - Red, green and blue are the colours used to combine online graphics via an electronic screen. 5
A Paper Sizes SECTION 3 A0 841 x 1189 mm A1 594 x 841 mm A2 420 x 594 mm A3 297 x 420 mm A4 210 x 297 mm A5 148 x 210 mm A6 105 x 148 mm A7 74 x 105 mm A8 52 x 74 mm A9 37 x 52 mm A10 26 x 37 mm Envelopes C3 324 x 458 mm C4 229 x 324 mm C5 162 x 229 mm C6 114 x 162 mm C7 81 x 114 mm C8 57 x 81 mm DL 110 x 220 mm Paper sizes B Paper Sizes B1 707 x 1000 mm B2 500 x 707 mm B3 353 x 500 mm B4 250 x 353 mm B5 176 x 250 mm Paper Types - Gloss - Silk - Matte - Offset - Uncoated 6
SECTION 4 How to Prepare Artwork Files Supplying PDFs to Gemini for Printing? Then please use this guide for checking they are supplied correctly. Document Structure Single page pdf s all in one document. Page 1 to be the Outside Front Cover page, followed by p2 Inside Front Cover, text pages follow in order, then lastly the Inside Back Cover, followed by the Back Cover. This is very important if your document has no page folios! No double page spreads unless already agreed with Gemini, even if some pages have read over images. No unused spot colours in pdfs 3mm bleed on all sides. (areas with type or images that don t reach to within 3mm of the edge of the page don t need to have bleed) Single trim marks offset by 3mm. Offset pushes the trim marks out and away from the bleed area so that they don t appear within the bleed. Please don t supply reader spreads, this means that the pages are numbered across spreads sequentially (1-2, 3-4, 4-5, 6-7 etc.) if they are supplied like this we will have to ask you to re-supply them as single pages. Fonts and Images All pdfs need to be CMYK unless using Spot colours, in which case please make sure that the Spot colours are used correctly and are named properly e.g. (Pantone 345 C), or whatever your pantone colours happen to be. No RGB images, these will get converted to CYMK and may cause a colour shift that you re not expecting. All fonts need to be embedded. If the fonts aren t embedded, then we cannot print your work. All Images to be 300dpi in the final pdf if they aren t, and you started off with a 300dpi image, then it s probably because you have enlarged the picture in your Desktop publishing software, i.e. Quark, InDesign, Photoshop. PDFs come in various versions, from v1.3 (flattened) to v1.8 (layered). Most Desktop Publishing software will allow you to choose which version you save your pdf as we would always recommend using the highest possible version (currently v1.8) as these are layered files and produce a better print image with less potential problems than 1.3 versions do. However, there might be times when a flattened pdf is the only way to make your pdf, in which case we will use that version (we might not be able to do minor amends if needed to a pdf made as v1.3). Acrobat Professional comes with the ability to flight check your files, however we normally do that as a matter of course, but it would be better to sort out potential problems before we get the files which may cause a delay in the printing process. 7
Sending Artwork If you would prefer to send us artwork for us to make pdfs, then there are a few things to note: Please do a collect for output in either Quark or InDesign, this will ensure that you have all the components that we require for making your pdf and printing your work. In Quark go to the file menu and choose Collect for Output and follow the instructions to save all the pictures, fonts and the Quark document all to a folder of your choice. In InDesign go to the file menu and choose Package, just choose where to save the documents and let InDesign do the rest. If for some reason you can t do a collect for output, then you will need to collect all the components manually: We require all the fonts used in the document We require all the Images that are linked to the document We require the actual document either InDesign or Quark file. Finally, please remember to.zip all the files into one compressed item and either email it (below 30mb) or upload it to our FTP site (username and password on request). 8
SECTION 5 FTP Upload You can access our FTP server in one of two ways; A) Open up our FTP Client Area Section: http://ftp.gemini-print.co.uk B) With an FTP client such as Fetch, Mass transit, Captain FTP, using this address ftp.gemini-print.co.uk (please note with an ftp client you do not need an ftp. or http:// prefix to address) Once you have arrived at the login page enter the username and password given to you by a member of the Gemini Print team or call 01273 464 884. Once logged in 1) Click the folder named Files to Gemini this will take you inside that folder where you can put your files. 2) So we can start work on your files asap please name your new folder with the job title and company name. Once you have uploaded your files, ensure that you log out, at that point it will trigger an email to all Gemini co-ordinators to let them know the files have been uploaded. 9
SECTION 6 Standard Print Finishing and Binding Types Perfect Binding Standard Wire-O Saddle Stitch Canadian Wire-O Side Wire Stitching Full Canadian Wire-O Other Types of Binding - Adhesive Binding - PUR Binding - Case Binding - Lay flat Binding - Book Binding - Japanese Binding - Loop Stitching - Thread Sewing 10
SECTION 7 Standard Types of Folding 6 page Standard Fold 8 page right angle fold or French Fold Double Gate Fold (closed) 8 page Concertina Fold Double Gate Fold (open) 8 page parallel over and outer Fold (Roll Fold) Types of finishing - Foil Blocking - Embossing/Debossing - Folding - Laminating - Numbering - Perforation - Scoring - Spot UV - Shrink Wrapping - Varnishes - Drilling - Die Cutting - Collating - Cutting - Radius Cornering - Hand Finishing 11
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