Printing Guidelines

• Trap needed - .197

• Gripper needed - 3/8”
  11x17 needs gripper on 8 1/2 side
  8 1/2 x 11 needs gripper on 8 1/2 side

• Bleeds- copy must extend at least 1/4” past cut size

• Halftone negatives - we require 133 line screen

• Positive halftone - we require 85 line screen

• Screens need to be semi -coarse (not fine)

• Camera work - we can reduce 50% or enlarge to 200%.

• Printing Image Size:
  Minimum - 3 x 5
  Maximum - 13 3/16” x 17 1/2”

• 11x17 printing jobs need 11x17 negatives.

• Photos- needs box border around the picture 1 pt. Minimum

• Overlapping photos - need a 1 pt border each

• Maximum tabbing size - 8 1/2 x 14 x 1/4” thick

• Step and Repeat- Please step equally

• When folding in even 1/3s, center type at 3 5/8”

• Placement of return mailing address for automation must be at the open end of the folded mailing piece and tabbed at the top