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HOW TO PREPARE FILES FOR LARGE FORMAT PRINT

1. If you are creating the artwork make sure you save the file as a PDF/X-4:2008. Go into the Marks and Bleed panel and turn on Trim Marks - set the Offset and bleed to the same value. e.g. 3mm (see image) 2. Once you have created the file open it in Acrobat.

If you don’t have Acrobat set up correctly then do the following:

a. Open the Tools menu on the top left of Acro- bat. b. In the Review & Approve list select Add - Measure c. In the Protect & Standardize list select Add - Print Production

3. Now go back to your PDF in Acrobat and you should see the new Icons in the Right-Side Panel. If you don’t, just toggle back into Tools again and select Print Production in the Right-Side Panel and then return to your PDF. 4. Select Output Preview from the panel, this opens the Output Preview panel. a. Check that all the colours you require are listed correctly. b. Check by using the tick boxes that everything is on the correct layer . c. Check nothing is knocking out of colours below it, e.g. cut lines. d. Check that all the digital cut layers are on separate layers and correctly named, e.g. Cut, Crease. 5. Close Output Preview and Check the page sizes, bleeds, number of pages etc. a. You can also use the Measuring Tool to check dimensions, select Measure from the side panel and then in the header panel use the Measuring Tools to get the dimensions you require. 6. Once you have checked these you can now pass your files onto Production.

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