General Artwork Guidelines
If you have colour or images to the edge of the page, please include bleed on your artwork to ensure it is printed edge to edge. Please note that black and white photographs can appear slightly darker when printed and if there isnt much contrast then colour printing (even if black and white) can result in a better print result.
If your artwork does not have colour or images to the edge of the page, you do not need to include bleed and crop marks. In this instance, your document will be printed with white borders.
Bleed – 3mm
Crop marks - not required
Margin – 5mm
Borders- Click here
Resolution – 300 dpi or above
Colour - CMYK
Fonts & content - embedded
Flatten all images and layers
Artwork size matches paper size (e.g. A4 file, choose A4 paper size)
PDF with single pages (no spreads, except for folded sheets)
Consistent page orientation (do not mix landscape & portrait pages)
Compress your file size
Wire/Coil/Comb/Velo Binding
12mm binding edge margin
Booklets
Page count needs to be a multiple of 4
First page and last page will be front/back cover
Books
Inside covers are blank by default
7mm binding edge margin
Please refer to our 'Preparing Artwork' help section for further information about setting up your artwork.
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