Material Specifications


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Material Sizes


Material Size Depth (mm) Width (mm)
Double Page Spread 297mm 420mm
Bleed Size (includes 3mm bleed around all edges) 303mm 426mm
Type Area 270mm (14mm from top of page) 396mm (Allow 12mm from outside edge of page)
Full Page 297mm 210mm
Bleed Size (includes 3mm bleed around all edges) 303mm 216mm
Type Area 270mm (14mm from top of page) 185mm (12.5mm space from edges of page)
Half Page Horizontal 130mm 185mm
Half Page Vertical 270mm 90mm
Quarter Page Horizontal 65mm 185mm
Quarter Page Vertical 130mm 90mm


Supplied Artwork


Format: Macintosh
Hardware: Mac compatible CD or DVD
Software: Adobe Creative Suite 5.5, Acrobat Professional
Press Quality Adobe PDF preferred
We do not accept other formats including Quark, PageMaker, Freehand, CorelDRAW, MS Word, PowerPoint or Publisher
Fonts: All fonts must be embedded or supplied. Postscript and OpenType fonts only.
Colour: Text and images must be supplied CMYK or grayscale, no embedded colour profiles.
Images: All illustrations, images and logos to be TIFF or EPS
JPGs will only be accepted subject to quality and will be converted to CMYK TIFF
Resolution: 300 dpi or better at 100% scaling (finished size)
Line art 1200 dpi at 100% scaling
Scans from high-quality scanners preferred
Email limit: 10MB

Suppliers of digital material are responsible for checking all files before sending to Adbourne Publishing.

We do not accept responsibility for reproduction problems which result from incorrectly supplied material. We do not accept film, or file formats other than those indicated above.

Please supply a hard-copy proof with your file if colour accuracy is imperative.


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