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Print Ad Specifications

We accept PDF/X-1a+ files and import them into QuarkXPress 4.1 documents.

For extensive documentation on creating these PDF files, please see our print partner Cadmus Custom Printing. Click on the icon for "Cadmus MediaWorks Digital File Specs."

All of our magazines are printed in four-color (CMYK) at 133lpi on web offest presses.

We accept CDs and emergency FTP transfers (call for password and details).

When designing, remember:

  • Photos should be 300dpi minimum at 100 percent.
  • All color photos should be CMYK not RGB.
  • Spot colors must be CMYK not spot.
  • Use PostScript Type 1 fonts for best quality.
  • Pull your bleeds 1/8" (0.125") over trim.
  • Send 100 percent sized laser prints with CD.
  • For optimum color accuracy, a quality proof (dye-sublimation, digital halftone, inkjet continuous-tone) and not a desktop inkjet proof, is requested.