Submitting Jobs

The easiest way to upload your jobs to us is to first make sure all of your files are compressed into ZIP format (PC) or StuffIt (MAC). Be sure to include all the files your job will require. this includes:

-Layout files (Quark, Illustrator, PageMaker)
-Any Linked Images
-Fonts used (we suggest changing your type to outlines if possible, more information here.

Once all of these are in one file we can make sure we have all the files necessary to complete your job in a timely fashion. When you are ready, go to our Quotes and Jobs page and fill out the appropriate information. By clicking the "Upload a file" button you will be able to select your ZIP or StuffIt file right off your computer. It is then automatically uploaded to our FTP server along with your estimate or job request form.

Process & Spot Colour

Often referred to as "Full Colour" this type of printing uses four standard inks (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black - CMYK) to produce a wide range of colours. Used for print jobs with many different colours or colour photographic images it is the easiest and most popular of the two.

Tip- Make sure all of your images and files are in CMYK colour mode as it will give you the best representation of the actual colour as it will appear on your printed job.

Spot

This type of printing is used when specific one or two colours must be reproduced exactly or if a job only requires one or two colours from the start. You choose the colours you want to print with, those are mixed individually and used on the press to complete your job. Although you are using a fewer number of inks, this type of job is often more expensive than a full colour job because of the physical press work involved mixing inks and prepping the press to print with them.

File Formats

We accept the following formats of files on both PC and MAC:

-Photoshop 6.0 and earlier
-Illustrator 10 and earlier
-Quark 5
-Indesign 1.5
-Page Maker 7
-Corel 10
-PDF
-Other File formats will be converted to the formats above, charges will be applied.

Images

-EPS
-Tiff format
-Jpeg format
-BMP format