Online Graphics Submission
At American Printing Company, we use state-of-the-art graphics software and printing equipment. However, graphics submitted to APC must meet the following criteria to achieve the highest printing quality possible.
Software
The APC graphics department is Mac based and currently runs versions of The Adobe Suite CS2 which includes InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and Acrobat. Artwork submitted by users running CS3 must be back-saved to a CS2 Adobe Interchange (.inx) file.
Graphic Guidelines
Artwork may be submitted by one of the following methods:
For press-ready layouts:
A Press Quality PDF with guide marks (e.g, crop marks, registration marks) if applicable
A compressed archive folder (preferably compressed with Stuffit) including the InDesign layout, all images and vector art included in the layout, and all of the fonts used. If fonts cannot be included they must be outlined.
JPEG's may be submitted but are NOT recommended. If a JPEG is submitted it shout be 300 dpi at minimum. APC cannot be held responsible for errors if poor quality artwork is submitted
For layouts APC will design:
Press-quality PDF's
Adobe Illustrator .AI or .EPS files
Adobe Photoshop .PSD files
JPEG image files (300 dpi minimum)
Body text (if applicable) in a Microsoft Word Document
If at all possible, please do not submit:
Low-resolution JPEG's
.BMP or .GIF images
Microsoft Excel (unless press-ready)
Microsoft Publisher
Microsoft Powerpoint
Bleed
Images that have been printed all the way out to the edge of the page (such as magazines and posters) are considered bled images. Since printers cannot print to the edge of the page, extra space must be added to the image that extend beyond the cut line. When the document is cut, it gives the appearance that the image has been printed all the way out to the edge of the document. This extra added space is called the "bleed" Documents to be printed that bleed must extend at least 1/8th of an inch past the cut line. Text is recommended to be placed 1/4th of an inch inside the cut line.
Please see an example of the document below:
Submission
Artwork under 4MB may be submitted by email to graphics@amprintco.com. Any submission over 4MB must be submitted to our FTP site.
FTP Access
In order to gain access to and use APC's FTP Server you must send an email to graphics@amprintco.com with the subject line of FTP ACCESS REQUEST. Please include the name of your company (if applicable), your name, your email address and your desired username and password.
The APC Graphics FTP Administrator will set up the account folder for you or your business which is only accessible by you. The Administrator will contact you to confirm setup and will provide you with access instructions.
An FTP client is recommended to access our server.
The APC Graphics FTP Administrator recommends the FileZilla FTP Client. You may download a free version of the client at www.filezilla-project.org.
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