Print & Production Handoff

Bleed, trim, CMYK, overprint and delivering files a printer won't reject.

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1. 00:00Print & Production Handoff. Bleed, trim, CMYK, overprint and delivering files a printer won't reject.
2. 00:06Print is unforgiving: you cannot patch a run of 5,000 flyers.
3. 00:11Preflight is the discipline that keeps you employed.
4. 00:16Reference table: Term, Meaning.
5. 00:21Convert to CMYK and check no RGB images remain.
6. 00:26Embed or outline all fonts before export.
7. 00:31Images at 300 PPI at final placed size, not original size.
8. 00:36Export PDF/X-1a or PDF/X-4 with bleed and crop marks.
9. 00:41Order a physical proof for anything above a few hundred units.
10. 00:46Note: Screen colour never matches print exactly. Trust a printed proof or a Pantone book — never your monitor.

Print is unforgiving: you cannot patch a run of 5,000 flyers. Preflight is the discipline that keeps you employed.

• Convert to CMYK and check no RGB images remain.
• Embed or outline all fonts before export.
• Images at 300 PPI at final placed size, not original size.
• Export PDF/X-1a or PDF/X-4 with bleed and crop marks.
• Order a physical proof for anything above a few hundred units.