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Sizes
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| Hardcover Templates |
In the templates below you will find two pages: for hardcover's inner and outer side.
Each one is to be prepared in a different way.
Download a proper template:
Files: A4 Hardcover → .cdr
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Files: 1/2 A4 Hardcover → .cdr
Attention!
The template serves only as a pattern for designing your own hardcover.
Before saving your artwork please remove the template. Otherwise they will be printed together!
Graphics which should not touch the job's edges has to be set 7mm from this edge. (green area in the template)
Please avoid placing complciated graphics on the na zgięciach okładki. (see templates)
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| Job Size |
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Job size - as in the template (red outline in the template).
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| Artwork Size |
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Artwork size - as in the template (blue outline in the template).
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| Bleed |
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Both background and all design elements which touch the edges of the hardcover have to be drawn up to the blue line on the template.
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Graphics
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| Colour Space |
Please provide your artwork in CMYK palette.
Ensure that ALL images, text and other design elements have colours set to CMYK palette and
do not contain any RGB or Pantone colours. 
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| Black Solid |
In order to obtain rich saturated black use 33%C 33%M 33%Y 100%K.
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| Gray Solid |
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If you want the background to be grey, compose it of the 'K' component only, without using the remaining 'CMY' colours.
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| Tone Gradation |
Do not set your tonal range for values smaller than 5%.
To avoid visual bands add some noise to your gradation.
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| Optimum Resolution |
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Optimum resolution for bitmaps (graphics, photos) is 300dpi.
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| Layout |
Please set texts and any important information (graphics, photos) at least 3mm from the edge
of a page (in actual trim size) and from scores for folding.
When rotating your artwork by -90 degrees please check whether the bitmaps rotate correctly.
Set all texts on a separate top layer.
In case of saving your artwork as CDR file, please group all the objects and convert all fonts to curves / paths.
In your file please define your artwork size in accordance with above mentioned size
and place your artwork centrally on a page.
If you save as EPS file the artwork which has no background (white), please frame it to above mentioned size.
Due to cutting tolerance some slight movements in relation to artwork edges may occur.
For that reason we recommend to avoid those kinds of framing where such distortions could be visible.
By default utilities are reversed Head to Head.
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File Saving
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| File Formats |
Preferred: PDF, EPS, PRN
Acceptable: CDR, TIFF, JPG (unrecommended).
Attention! From the INDESIGN software we accept only PRN files.
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| Additional Information |
If you have text in your artwork please remember to convert it to curves / paths or attach
used fonts to your file (refers only to PDF files).
Don't convert texts to bitmaps!!!
If your artwork consists of more than one page, please save all pages in a single file.
If the chosen file format does not allow for saving all pages in one file,
please save them in two separate files named face and reverse. (projekt_awers.tiff, projekt_rewers.tiff)
In case of TIFF files please save them as single layer files, with no additional channels.
If you send more than one file, please send them in ZIP format if possible.
For complex projects with multiple layers, overlapping graphics, shadows, transparencies etc., as far as possible, flatten to a single background image, retaining texts, logos, lines and other important elements of the project in the vector form only.
In particular, this problem concerns CorelDRAW X4, where in extreme cases, despite a good-looking PDF file, the printout may contains errors.
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Additional Information
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| Please keep in mind that due to differences in printing technology and
colour presentation, some differences in colours may occur also when compared to inkjet printouts or
colours displayed on a computer screen.
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