Supported Applications
Adobe InDesign up to and including CS3-CC
Adobe Illustrator up to and including CS3-CC
Adobe Photoshop up to and including CS3-CC
Adobe Acrobat Professional
Microsoft Office – Please create PDF files for submission.

Microsoft Office Programs – Due to the software’s limitations in handling text, margins, color modes, image resolution, and fonts, all files submitted in any of the Microsoft Office Suite programs may incur extra pre-press charges and will require extra prep time to make the file usable for high quality offset printing.

File Submission
Files may be submitted to Serbin Printing via
CD/DVD
E-mail to epic@serbinprinting.com (less than 5MB)
Serbin ftp site (5MB or Larger)

DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR ONLY COPY OF ANY FILE.
Native files must be submitted for projects using variable data

Submitting PDF Files
Print quality PDF files are the quickest and easiest way to submit files. By submitting PDF files, the job is able to move directly to the ripping stage of our workflow. However, our ability to edit these files is limited.
Include bleed
Be sure marks are outside bleed area
No color bars
Submit files in a single page format.
Do not submit file in reader spreads or printer spreads. A single file that includes multiple pages is fine.
When submitting PDF for our Digital Press DO NOT INCLUDE MARKS OR COLORBARS.

Submitting native Files (InDesign, Quark, etc.)
Include all supporting graphics and images.
Include all fonts (compress fonts if sending over internet)
Outline fonts used in artwork and logos.
Include a hardcopy of job.
If unable to provide a hardcopy, you may include a low res PDF.
*Please indicate if the PDF is for viewing only.

Bleeds & Margins
Projects that bleed will require an 1/8??? bleed added to artwork.
Do not enlarge the document size when creating bleed in the layout application,
Create layout document at trim size and open your bleed 1/8″ outside the trim.
However, if the layout has been built in Illustrator (which we strongly discourage), the document size will have to include bleed.

We require an 1/8″ minimum type and logo margin from trim on business card orders.
We recommend 3/8″ minimum type and logo margin from trim on most other projects.

Scanned Images
Scan images at 300 dpi at the size it is being used.
Scan line work at 600 dpi at the size it is being used and save as a bitmap tif.

Serbin FTP Information
Mac or PC using any FTP software such as “Fetch” or “Cuteftp”.
Host: 70.90.69.146
Contact your sales representative for login information

Or use a browser and go to http://70.90.69.146:8080
Contact your sales representative for login information

Creatinga PDF from InDesign
Go to FILE>ADOBE PDF PRESETS>PRESS QUALITY
A window comes up asking where you want to export the file to pick the location
Click SAVE
A window comes up with options, do the following
Pull up the General options by clicking on the word GENERAL in the left side of the window
Pages
Check All
Options
Un-check Optimize for Fast Web View
Nothing else changes
Pull up the Compression options by clicking on the word COMPRESSION in the left side
of the window
At the bottom un-check Compress Text & Line Art
At the bottom un-check Crop Image Data to Frames
Nothing else changes
Pull up the Marks and Bleeds options by clicking on the words MARKS AND BLEEDS in
the left side of the window
Marks
Check Crop Marks, Bleed Marks, and Registration Marks check boxes ONLY
Change the Offset distance to 0.25 (1/4″)
Bleed and Slug
Set Bleed to 0.125 for Top, Bottom, Left, and Right
Nothing else changes
Pull up the Output options by clicking on the word OUTPUT in the left side of the window
In the Color Conversion menu, select No Color Conversion from the dropdown menu
In the Profile Inclusion menu select Don’t Include Profiles from the dropdown menu
Nothing else changes
Pull up the Advanced options by clicking on the word ADVANCED in the left side
of the window
In the Compatibility menu, select Acrobat 4 (PDF 1.3) from the dropdown menu
In the Transparency Flattener menu select High Resolution from the dropdown menu
Go back to the Compatibility menu, select Acrobat 5 (PDF 1.4) from the dropdown menu
Nothing else changes
Click EXPORT
Creatinga PDF from Quark
Go to FILE>EXPORT>LAYOUT AS PDF
A window comes up asking where you want to export the file to pick the location
At the bottom, select the following:
Pages: All
PDF Style: Default PDF
Click on the Options button and make the following changes
Pull up the Pages options by clicking on the word PAGES in the left side of the window
Nothing should be checked
Pull up the Meta Data options by clicking on the word META DATA in the left side
of the window
You can fill in this info or not, it doesn’t effect the PDF or help us
Pull up the Hyperlinks options by clicking on the words HYPERLINKS in the left side
of the window
Un-check Include Hyperlinks
Pull up the Compression options by clicking on the word COMPRESSION in the left side
of the window
For the Color Images, Grayscale Images, and the Monochrome Images sections, have the Compression set to None and the Resolution set to Keep Resolution
Un-check Compress Text and Line Art and ASCII Format
Pull up the Coloroptions by clicking on the word COLOR in the left side of the window
For the Color Options: Mode: select Composite and for Setup: select Composite CMYK and Spot ONLY if you use spot colors, otherwise select As Is
Pull up the Fonts options by clicking on the word FONTS in the left side of the window
Check Select All
Pull up the Marks options by clicking on the word MARKS in the left side of the window
Mode: select Centered, Width & Length: use the default, Offset: change to 0.125″
Pull up the Bleed options by clicking on the word BLEED in the left side of the window
Bleed Type: select Symmetric”, Amount: change to 0.125″, and check
Clip at Bleed Edge
Pull up the Layers options by clicking on the word LAYERS in the left side of the window
Check Select All or only check the specific layers you want included in the PDF
Pull up the Transparency options by clicking on the word TRANSPARENCY in the
left side of the window
Use the Default settings, leave as is
Pull up the OPI options by clicking on the word OPI in the left side of the window
Un-check OPI Active
Pull up the JDF options by clicking on the word JDF in the left side of the window
Un-check Output JDF
Click SAVE

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