Prepress steps:

• Margins are set as follows: color prints up to tabloid size (11 inches by 17 inches) need .25 inch margins on all sides; poster prints up to 3 feet wide need 1.5 inch margins on both sides; printing press documents up to tabloid size need a .25 inch margin on one edge, which must be the smaller dimension (e.g. a .25 inch margin on one of the 8 inch edges for letter (8 inch by 11inch) paper.
  
  
• Ensure that the document size settings in the file are accurate.
  
  
• Any partitions (for folding, cutting etc) are set accurately.
  
  
• Bleeds extend at least 1/8" beyond the publication's size.
  
  
• Images are all high resolution (300 dpi).
  
  
• Make a printout of the final document as you would like it to appear, at 100% size if possible.

Files to include:

• A copy of each image used—even those that are included and not linked—preferably as TIFF or EPS
  
  
• All fonts used in your project, including fonts used in any EPS images. On a Macintosh font files can be found in the Fonts folder inside your System Folder. On a PC truetype fonts have a .ttf extension and are in your \windows\system folder, postscript fonts have a .pfm extension and are probably found in your \psfonts\pfm folder.
  

Supported formats:

• Adobe Pagemaker
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF)
• QuarkXPress (Macintosh only)
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word