City Press, Leeds UK – Supplying Files

The City Press Leeds Ltd

The City Press Leeds

St Anns Mill

Commercial Road

Leeds

LS5 3AE

Tel: 0113 278 4286

Fax: 0113 278 6066

ISDN: 0113 278 6076

Terms and Conditions

Supplying Files

This Page is intended as a guide to help avoid the potential pitfalls of file preparation. It is designed to help you provide us with accurate workable files so that we can complete your printing to schedule.

Your document setup
The maximum document size for printing is SRA2 or 450mm by 640mm, but you should work within this size to allow for a non-printable area outside of regular A2. You may prefer to work at SRA3 size or 320 x 450 mm, you should therefore set up your file no larger than A3 or 297mm by 420mm.

Image size & File Resolution
You will get the best results by providing us with image files (pictures and graphics) of 300dpi, and at the size at which they appear in your document. However smaller files can work but please don't expect us to make a poor quality image look fantastic

If in doubt, please consult our free advice line on 0113 278 4286

Image File types
There are a large number of image file types supported by The City Press Leeds Ltd. These include TIF, EPS, JPEG and BMP (please take note of our file resolution notes above). Images should be saved as CMYK where ever possible.

Fonts
If you are providing your file in Adobe Acrobat PDF format then please ensure that you have distilled your file selecting the option to 'embed' all fonts. When this is the case you do not need to
supply the font to us in addition to this file.

Although we have a very extensive font range, it is still always wise to include both the printer and screen fonts with your job, unless you are embedding them in PDFs.

Software packages
In most cases all of the following packages will provide files we can print from, as long as you have followed the other advice in SUPPLYING FILES.

The following software produces excellent results and are recommended:

Quark Xpress

Adobe Acrobat PDF (with your fonts and pictures embedded)

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Pagemaker

Adobe Photoshop

Macromedia Freehand

The Following programmes can produce files that can be used for printing, but carry £25.00 handling charge for file preparation

Microsoft Office - Word, PowerPoint & Excel, Corel Draw & Microsoft Publisher.

How to plan up your artwork
If you happen to be producing artwork for an item that you believe will be printed "several up" on the page, then please ensure you allow 5mm trim between images (except for book work), contact us for further information if required. An example of this would be if you are producing artwork for a business card or postcard. If in doubt contact us and we will provide an illustration of how to supply your artwork or set your file just "one up" and allow us to plan your files for you.