We have state-of-the-art, electronic prepress capabilities. We are capable of producing film directly from your graphic files on our Macintosh based system. To both save time and money, send your files directly to us; there is no need to use a service bureau.
Please follow these basic guidelines to ensure proper processing of your order without delay. If any fonts and files are missing, your order may be delayed until those files are provided.
Allegheny Printed Plastics uses 6 major graphic applications:
- QUARKXPRESS 3.3 & 4.0*
- ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR 8.0
- ADOBE PHOTSHOP 5.0
- ADOBE PAGEMAKER 6.5
- MACROMEDIA Freehand 8.0
- COREL DRAW 8.0
Our preferred page layout application is QuarkXpress because of the step & repeat capabilities which enable us to process your order both quickly and accurately.
Include all related files including screen & printer fonts and all linked files as well. No Truetype fonts can be accepted. Line art scans should be at least 1200 DPI for the best quality. Identify all PMS colors on a B&W or color laser printout. This must be supplied! On process jobs, all files should be ready to print, convert all colors to CMYK, no RGB colors please. It is imperative that all scanned halftones/process images be of optimum size for output, which means that any pixel oriented file imported in to the picture box in QuarkXpress should be at 100% scale and all remaining image area that is not used be cropped allowing for an 1/8" bleed. Images must be high-resolution, 300ppi, which is an output of 150 line screen. A full card process image with bleed should be 2.96mb. Files can be either supplied via a 1.4mb floppy, CD, a Syquest up to a 200mb or a 100mb ZIP disk. We also accept files over the Internet by way of America On Line, however the file size is limited. Please consult with us before sending.apiprep@aol.com
If you have any questions concerning our prepress specifications, our Electronic Artwork Dept.will be available to assist you. All estimates of time and cost are subject to adjustments after a preflight has been done on the customer's files.
Cranberry Township, PA 16066