The instruction below refers only to product samples with your customized printing.
Other samples do not need any preparation.
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| Ring Binder Template |
Download ring binder template with guidelines how to prepare your artwork:
Ring Binder Template wer3.cdr
(19th July 2007) >>
Attention! The template serves only as a pattern for designing
your own ring binder.
Before saving your artwork please remove the template.
Otherwise they will be printed together!
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| Actual Trim Size |
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See red outline on the template (to download above).
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| Full Bleed Size |
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See blue outline (with trim marks) on the template (to download above).
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| Bleed |
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Make sure that background of your artwork is extended up
to red outline on the template and
all design elements which should touch the edges of the page are extended by 5mm
(i.e. hanging 5mm of EACH edge of the paper) up to blue outline 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 |
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In order to obtain in your graphics rich
saturated black use 100% black (K) with no CMY additives.
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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 |
When rotating your artwork by -90 degrees please check whether the bitmaps rotate correctly.
Graphics which should not touch the edge of the page has to be set 7mm from this edge.
(green outline on the template).
Try to avoid placing complex graphics on the ring binder's spine as
on the spine two separately printed sheets are linked
(right folding score marked on the template with two crop marks).
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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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