DFW Printing Company: Specifications

With its GMS SLS 2000 (6-station) inserter, machine inserting is a snap at DFWPC. However, to insure optimum insertion and quality, we recommend the following specifications:

Inserts that do not meet the above criteria may cause duplication and misses within the intended jacket/product, and could require additional handling charges. DFWPC reserves the right to insert non-specification products by hand and charge accordingly. A sample of all inserts should be sent to DFWPC 7-10 days prior to insert date to assure compliance of specifications.

For your convenience, DFWPC offers, at request, a printed evaluation of the insert performance.

Inserts should be delivered to DFWPC dock, 1000 Ave. H East, Arlington, TX 76011 at least five (5) business days prior to the date of insertion. Receiving hours are 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. CST Monday-Friday.

In order to get the output needed for 4/C scans, the steps need to be taken in Adobe Photoshop for images to adequately compensate for dot gain on press. The result of these steps may not be seen on your screen.

For 4/C artwork, first scan the artwork and adjust the image, using the following controls:

For B&W images, follow STEP 1 and set the dark point at a minimum of 30.

DFWPC can accept files on 3.5 floppy, Zip 100 or Jaz disks or via FTP. It is recommended that all files be saved in a PDF format. To best expedite your files through the pre-press process at DFWPC, we recommend the following steps:

The short answer is yes but as with any job that prints commercially there are a few design issues that must be taken into consideration. They are as follows:

As with all printing, colors (other than black) must be saved or converted to CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow and black or standard process inks). In publisher all colors and artwork default to RGB. This means that your standard color pallet and any new colors created must be converted to CMYK values. These colors can be converted using the following methods.
- To convert color schemes or existing colors you will need to go to the tools option on the menu bar and point to commercial printing tools. Then click on color printing. In the "print all colors as" box click on process colors (CMYK).
- To check the status of a color, create a new color or change a single color you can right click the object using the color in question, choose format object, then colors and lines, next select colors, choose desired color then select more colors. Click on the custom tab then choose color model and pick CMYK. In the same window frame you will see the mix of CMYK used to create that color. Please note that for the color black the values should read C=0, M=0, Y=0 & K=100% all other colors will have various values for each.
For pictures and other types of artwork it is necessary to convert them to CMYK prior to placing them in publisher. The best program suited for this type of conversion is PhotoShop by Adobe. There are other photo editing programs which are acceptable just be sure that they can convert files to CMYK.

Once your project is complete and you are ready to save it for DFW Printing Co. you can either use the pack and go option found under the file menu or if you have Adobe distiller or any other pdf creator you can create pdf files using the press option of that program.