Preparing your files for digital press, offset printing, and promotional product items. Submission Checklist. Before Creating Your Project

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1 a i Dig Pri & Copy Facory Submission Checkis Before Creaing Your Projec ac our Graphic Design We encourage you o con r creaing your pri Deparme before you sa assess your design concep projec fies. We can hep ure your ens o is goa r Ou ice. and provide hepfu adv error free and worry free. design fies are submied in preparing your fies We are avaiabe o assis your ime, quaiy and e propery so we can me s. and budge dem sions o propery Many answers o your que priing oupu are rcia prepare a fie for comme ign ion of your graphics des avaiabe in he HELP sec program/appicaion. 1. DOCUMENT INTEGRITY Run spe check, proofread Phone, address, emai, websie address correc Paginaion correc (page sequence) Coe, headines, graphics posiioning Copyrigh and phoo, image, iusraion credis considered Posa indicias (firs cass-presor, ec.) Correc version of he docume wih ALL of he updaed eemes doube checked Docume is designed a he correc size QR Code scans propery DIGITAL COPIES: Check he cu, fod and margins for a eas 1/4 + wigge room Check for effecs such as drop shadows and ransparencies for overap posscrip errors Verify docume coors are CMYK/process insead of RGB/process, or SPOT/process. 2. PROVIDED FILES / LABEL EVERYTHING Upoad fies onine or propery abe he disk/ CD wih your name, phone, and dae Pri ou a is of a fies on disk/fashdrive, indicaing he fie name INCLUDE Links (phoos, ogos and graphics) INCLUDE Fos Provide a high resouion PDF fie Lis he name and version of he sofware program used INCLUDE: Beeds ha are 1/8-1/4 overapping cu ine, indicaed by beed marks INCLUDE: Cu marks Provide a mock-up of he FINAL version a 100% size Verify mock-up has correc fods, perforaions and/or score ines DO NOT Se muipe up, provide one as finished size, we wi imposiion he docume as needed OFFSET PRINTING: FOR SPOT COLOR: Provide he fie wih correc PMS coors, and a priou of he coor separaions in back/whie (no RGB or CMYK) FOR FULL COLOR: Provide he fie wih correc CMYK coors, and a priou of he coor separaions (no RGB) Make sure you have rapping and overpri consideraions Make sure your docume does NOT incuded nesing of graphics Verify your cipping pahs, ransparencies and masks are working propery ices Bindery & Shipping Serv Offse Priing a Services Direc Mai Variabe Da pme Websie Design & Deveo esources Markeing Casses / R ES N I L E G U ID Saionery Leerhead Business Cards Enveopes Brochures Rack Cards Produc Shees Books Manuas Caaogs Labes Sickers Signage Banners Carboness Forms Forms Invoices Saemes Shef Takers Poi of Purchase Dispays Noe Pads Order Pads Pos-i Noes Preseaion Foders Binders Markeing Packes Preparing your fies for digia press, offse priing, and promoiona produc iems. Rubbersamps Sef Inking Samps Coupons Cerificaes Menus Poscards Newseers Promoiona Maiers Variabe Daa Priing Daabase Procureme Posers Window and Wa Dispays Business Checks Deposi Books Promoiona Producs Pens Mugs Grocery Bags Tradeshow Maerias Boohs Tabe Cohs Websies Hosing Socia Media Emai Markeing VARIABLE DATA PRINTING: 3. ORDER PROCESSING SPECS How many? Wha paper? (Weigh, coor, exure) Job esimae number and esimae revisions Who has auhoriy o sign off projec for producion? Deadine requesed, and o be confirmed Wi ca or deivery ocaion and ime Maiing deivery imes o consider ing Graphic Design & Marke pies Digia Coor & B/W Co insa crea www ado be e oni ne.pri proof copyf read de be eds iy mark s inc u u ry.co ded m chec irm q uan cu y acco aco - spe incu conf pdf jo bread on EXCEL/CSV fies wih abeed fieds for daa ery Speing, puncuaion and informaion eered in he fieds is how i is going o be dispayed on your projec. VDP is a compeey auomaed process and wha is eered is wha is used, so make sure he daa is consise wih correc informaion in he appropriae fieds k fie PROMOTIONAL ITEMS: Ar fies mus be vecor based YO U R M A R K E T I N G R E S O U R C E C E N T E R 4055 Irongae Road Beingham, WA com websies SEO emais hosing socia media service@pricopyfacory.com m-f 8:30-5: DESIGN WEB MAIL

2 Submiing Your Order I is easy o provide us your pri-ready digia ar fies. Visi our websie, cick Send A Fie and foow he easy onine insrucions. Creaing an accou hrough our onine ordering sysem wi provide you ime saving benefis. You can easiy upoad fies, rack he saus of your order, review proofs, provide Job Journa eries, and view hisory of previous orders for quick reordering. Remember, PDFs are he preferred digia fie sandard for pri projecs. Why PDFs? Avoid deays and frusraion by reviewing our checkis. Providing a PDF wi omi many of hese unforeseen priing issues. Programs ike Microsof Pubisher and Word, and fie ypes (such as PNG, GIF and JPG) creae a variey of concerns and require aeion for opimum oupu resus. Providing a high resouion PDF (Porabe Docume Forma) fie wi mos ofen omi unforeseen probems and compaibiiy issues. Because of his, we srongy reques ha your digia projecs are saved as a PDF. Pease keep in mind, wheher you decide o have us digiay copy or offse pri, each process has is own se of prefigh requiremes. Pease give us a ca before you ge sared, so ha we can hep you save ime and money from recreaing or rying o ge a fie propery. Can provide a PDF? We have he souion! is a FREE downoad for Windows and Mac OS X. When insaed, you can pri fies direcy o our websie from any appicaion. Your fie wi be ransformed io an indusry sandard PDF fie and wi be avaiabe for immediae proofing! Proofing Your Job This exra sep for you ensures a successfu projec. WE REQUIRE ha YOU APPROVE A PROOF before priing. This ensures ha he digia fie you provide has me our graphic and submission sandards. We encourage an acua priou proof on he sock you are requesing. $10 minimum on proofs.

3 Phi - Graphics Dep. graphics@pricopyfacory.com Tips & Guideines To ensure your arwork ooks grea on paper. 1. Provide Graphics / Eemes If you are unabe o provide us wih a PDF fie, we reques ha you suppy us wih a of he impored graphic inks ha were used o design he docume aong wih he naive fie. For exampe, if you have wo digia phoos and a ogo, hese fies need o be provided in addiion o he page ayou docume. Graphics are a mahemaicay defined program on heir own, ha if no added o our sysem, he posscrip prier canno generae he pri fies propery. 2. Incude Fos / Embed or Ouine Remember o is he names of a fos used in your documeaion, and provide hem aong wih he graphics. TrueType fos may cause unexpeced probems. Sick wih Posscrip fos whenever possibe, or conver fos o ouine. Do no use he Syes menu o bod or iaic ec., use he fo ha is aready named bod such as Ceury Bod. 3. Avoid Websie & Low Resouion Images We require 300 dpi resouion a 100% of size for boh offse & digia priing. The digia presses reproduce bes wih EPS and TIF graphics. NOTE: The quaiy is no as accepabe when JPG or PNG are used. Graphics pued off websies are usuay sma and wi be burry when pried. 72 dpi 300 dpi 4. Wha You See is No Wha You Ge Don rey on your monior coors o accuraey represe ink on paper. When defining coors, refer o a sandard Paone swachbook (PMS) for accurae hues or ca Pri & Copy Facory for assisance. Priers and moniors are a differe, may or may no be caibraed, and may no give an accurae represeaion of coor. Proofs on he acua paper are bes for ensuring he coor resus you are hoping for. 5. RGB vs CMYK vs Spo Coors Compuer screens view spo coors as RGB (Red, Green, and Bue). Our digia coor presses pri in CMYK (Cyan, Magea, Yeow, and Back). If your fie is no seup in he CMYK mode, he coors on he fina pri migh no be wha you expec hem o be. If using a specific spo coor, PMS coors shoud be specified in your fie. For offse priing, provide spo separaion prious of your fie. NOTE: Microsof Office appicaions canno be coor separaed wihin he appicaion. If he documes are o be pried on a priing press, we mus use specia sofware procedures and oos o separae hese fies and wi require an addiiona charge. We wi aemp o mach he coors as cose as possibe. 6. Trim Marks / Fod Lines (see A beow) A provided fies mus incude rim marks and fod marks. This aows us o see wha you are expecing for a finished produc. Use a hairine mark in regiser coor so ha if i is muipe coors, he cu ines wi pri on he separaions, and assis in regisraion of coors o each oher. 7. Beeds If you desire o have your image go pas he cu edge of he docume, in oher words, no whie border, hen we require he image o go pas he rim ine 1/8 and prefer 1/4. We run i on a arger shee and rim down. Beed 1/8 o 1/4 Trim marks WITH BLEED Beed 1/8 o 1/4 Trim marks WITHOUT BLEED Beed 1/8 o 1/4 Beed 1/8 o 1/4 Trim/Cu Zone 3/16 from edge Exampe shows ha arwork pas he rim marks wi be cu off 123 Main Sree Anyown, USA Safe Zone John Smih Preside Trim/Cu Zone 3/16 from edge 8. Trapping / Banding In offse priing, rapping aows a igher regisraion of coors, avoiding whie spaces beween coors due o paper srech. Check your sofware for rapping insrucions. MY COMPANY Banding is he resu of gradaions ha do no make a smooh ransiion. I is due o he resu of a mahemaica equaion ha incudes he resouion of he fie and resouion of he prier device. This may require exra seup charges o ensure i wi pri as iended. Pease provide rim marks Phone: Fax: info@mywebsie.com Safe Zone WITH TRAP A WITHOUT TRAP Pease provide rim marks 2014 Pri & Copy Facory (360)

4 Providing Vecor Ar Preferred fie forma for promoiona iems! Wha is a vecor based graphic? Professionay designed ogos are creaed in vecor based programs, ike Adobe Iusraor. Vecor graphics are made up of pois and pahs ha represe he image on he compuer. Pixe based graphics (ofen caed raser or bimap) are made of individua bis, or pixes ha represe he image on he compuer. The benefi of a vecor based ogo? Vecor Based images can be increased or reduced by any amou wihou degrading he image. This is impora since he ogo wi be used in a variey of formas and sizes. You wa your ogo o ook RASTER/PIXEL BASED Zoomed in: yes pixe, yes disorion as crisp and cear on your rade show banner as i does on your business card. Raser/Pixe Based images do no enarge we. The quaiy is os and you wi have a burry image. Everyhing on he web is ow resouion (72dpi), so if you copy your ogo off your websie i wi no be suiabe for pri. Which is he vecor fie? VECTOR BASED Zoomed in: no pixe, no disorion A vecor fie wi usuay have he exension EPS or AI. Uness you have Adobe Iusraor, you won be abe o open his fie, however his is he fie ha your design professiona or pri vendor needs o ensure he bes pri quaiy for your projecs. Pixe-based images saved ou of Iusraor wi mos ikey be saved as a JPG, TIF, GIF, PNG or PSD fie. You wi no have good resus if your ogo is preseed his way. Aso, saving a Phooshop fie as an EPS fie does no produce a vecor fie. The ogo has o be produce in a vecor -based program o begin wih. A vecor ogo wi be he mos universay usefu o you, your priers and oher vendors. When working wih a ogo designer, be sure ha your ogo is being creaed in vecor forma (Adobe Iusraor insead of Adobe Phooshop) and make sure you reques fina vecor fies. When Pri & Copy Facory creaes a ogo for a cie, we provide he vecor fies (AI or EPS) as we as raser/pixe based ogo fies (JPG or PNG) in a variey of sizes ha he cie can use. Vecor based fies can ony be opened by specia graphic sofware programs. Raser/pixe based fies can be used on your websie or wih oher PC programs.

5 a i Dig Pri & Copy Facory Submission Checkis Before Creaing Your Projec ac our Graphic Design We encourage you o con r creaing your pri Deparme before you sa assess your design concep projec fies. We can hep ure your ens o is goa r Ou ice. and provide hepfu adv error free and worry free. design fies are submied in preparing your fies We are avaiabe o assis your ime, quaiy and e propery so we can me s. and budge dem sions o propery Many answers o your que priing oupu are rcia prepare a fie for comme ign ion of your graphics des avaiabe in he HELP sec program/appicaion. 1. DOCUMENT INTEGRITY Run spe check, proofread Phone, address, emai, websie address correc Paginaion correc (page sequence) Coe, headines, graphics posiioning Copyrigh and phoo, image, iusraion credis considered Posa indicias (firs cass-presor, ec.) Correc version of he docume wih ALL of he updaed eemes doube checked Docume is designed a he correc size QR Code scans propery DIGITAL COPIES: Check he cu, fod and margins for a eas 1/4 + wigge room Check for effecs such as drop shadows and ransparencies for overap posscrip errors Verify docume coors are CMYK/process insead of RGB/process, or SPOT/process. 2. PROVIDED FILES / LABEL EVERYTHING Upoad fies onine or propery abe he disk/ CD wih your name, phone, and dae Pri ou a is of a fies on disk/fashdrive, indicaing he fie name INCLUDE Links (phoos, ogos and graphics) INCLUDE Fos Provide a high resouion PDF fie Lis he name and version of he sofware program used INCLUDE: Beeds ha are 1/8-1/4 overapping cu ine, indicaed by beed marks INCLUDE: Cu marks Provide a mock-up of he FINAL version a 100% size Verify mock-up has correc fods, perforaions and/or score ines DO NOT Se muipe up, provide one as finished size, we wi imposiion he docume as needed OFFSET PRINTING: FOR SPOT COLOR: Provide he fie wih correc PMS coors, and a priou of he coor separaions in back/whie (no RGB or CMYK) FOR FULL COLOR: Provide he fie wih correc CMYK coors, and a priou of he coor separaions (no RGB) Make sure you have rapping and overpri consideraions Make sure your docume does NOT incuded nesing of graphics Verify your cipping pahs, ransparencies and masks are working propery ices Bindery & Shipping Serv Offse Priing a Services Direc Mai Variabe Da pme Websie Design & Deveo esources Markeing Casses / R ES N I L E G U ID Saionery Leerhead Business Cards Enveopes Brochures Rack Cards Produc Shees Books Manuas Caaogs Labes Sickers Signage Banners Carboness Forms Forms Invoices Saemes Shef Takers Poi of Purchase Dispays Noe Pads Order Pads Pos-i Noes Preseaion Foders Binders Markeing Packes Preparing your fies for digia press, offse priing, and promoiona produc iems. Rubbersamps Sef Inking Samps Coupons Cerificaes Menus Poscards Newseers Promoiona Maiers Variabe Daa Priing Daabase Procureme Posers Window and Wa Dispays Business Checks Deposi Books Promoiona Producs Pens Mugs Grocery Bags Tradeshow Maerias Boohs Tabe Cohs Websies Hosing Socia Media Emai Markeing VARIABLE DATA PRINTING: 3. ORDER PROCESSING SPECS How many? Wha paper? (Weigh, coor, exure) Job esimae number and esimae revisions Who has auhoriy o sign off projec for producion? Deadine requesed, and o be confirmed Wi ca or deivery ocaion and ime Maiing deivery imes o consider ing Graphic Design & Marke pies Digia Coor & B/W Co insa crea www ado be e oni ne.pri proof copyf read de be eds iy mark s inc u u ry.co ded m chec irm q uan cu y acco aco - spe incu conf pdf jo bread on EXCEL/CSV fies wih abeed fieds for daa ery Speing, puncuaion and informaion eered in he fieds is how i is going o be dispayed on your projec. VDP is a compeey auomaed process and wha is eered is wha is used, so make sure he daa is consise wih correc informaion in he appropriae fieds k fie PROMOTIONAL ITEMS: Ar fies mus be vecor based YO U R M A R K E T I N G R E S O U R C E C E N T E R 4055 Irongae Road Beingham, WA com websies SEO emais hosing socia media service@pricopyfacory.com m-f 8:30-5: DESIGN WEB MAIL

6 a i Dig Pri & Copy Facory Submission Checkis Before Creaing Your Projec ac our Graphic Design We encourage you o con r creaing your pri Deparme before you sa assess your design concep projec fies. We can hep ure your ens o is goa r Ou ice. and provide hepfu adv error free and worry free. design fies are submied in preparing your fies We are avaiabe o assis your ime, quaiy and e propery so we can me s. and budge dem sions o propery Many answers o your que priing oupu are rcia prepare a fie for comme ign ion of your graphics des avaiabe in he HELP sec program/appicaion. 1. DOCUMENT INTEGRITY Run spe check, proofread Phone, address, emai, websie address correc Paginaion correc (page sequence) Coe, headines, graphics posiioning Copyrigh and phoo, image, iusraion credis considered Posa indicias (firs cass-presor, ec.) Correc version of he docume wih ALL of he updaed eemes doube checked Docume is designed a he correc size QR Code scans propery DIGITAL COPIES: Check he cu, fod and margins for a eas 1/4 + wigge room Check for effecs such as drop shadows and ransparencies for overap posscrip errors Verify docume coors are CMYK/process insead of RGB/process, or SPOT/process. 2. PROVIDED FILES / LABEL EVERYTHING Upoad fies onine or propery abe he disk/ CD wih your name, phone, and dae Pri ou a is of a fies on disk/fashdrive, indicaing he fie name INCLUDE Links (phoos, ogos and graphics) INCLUDE Fos Provide a high resouion PDF fie Lis he name and version of he sofware program used INCLUDE: Beeds ha are 1/8-1/4 overapping cu ine, indicaed by beed marks INCLUDE: Cu marks Provide a mock-up of he FINAL version a 100% size Verify mock-up has correc fods, perforaions and/or score ines DO NOT Se muipe up, provide one as finished size, we wi imposiion he docume as needed OFFSET PRINTING: FOR SPOT COLOR: Provide he fie wih correc PMS coors, and a priou of he coor separaions in back/whie (no RGB or CMYK) FOR FULL COLOR: Provide he fie wih correc CMYK coors, and a priou of he coor separaions (no RGB) Make sure you have rapping and overpri consideraions Make sure your docume does NOT incuded nesing of graphics Verify your cipping pahs, ransparencies and masks are working propery ices Bindery & Shipping Serv Offse Priing a Services Direc Mai Variabe Da pme Websie Design & Deveo esources Markeing Casses / R ES N I L E G U ID Saionery Leerhead Business Cards Enveopes Brochures Rack Cards Produc Shees Books Manuas Caaogs Labes Sickers Signage Banners Carboness Forms Forms Invoices Saemes Shef Takers Poi of Purchase Dispays Noe Pads Order Pads Pos-i Noes Preseaion Foders Binders Markeing Packes Preparing your fies for digia press, offse priing, and promoiona produc iems. Rubbersamps Sef Inking Samps Coupons Cerificaes Menus Poscards Newseers Promoiona Maiers Variabe Daa Priing Daabase Procureme Posers Window and Wa Dispays Business Checks Deposi Books Promoiona Producs Pens Mugs Grocery Bags Tradeshow Maerias Boohs Tabe Cohs Websies Hosing Socia Media Emai Markeing VARIABLE DATA PRINTING: 3. ORDER PROCESSING SPECS How many? Wha paper? (Weigh, coor, exure) Job esimae number and esimae revisions Who has auhoriy o sign off projec for producion? Deadine requesed, and o be confirmed Wi ca or deivery ocaion and ime Maiing deivery imes o consider ing Graphic Design & Marke pies Digia Coor & B/W Co insa crea www ado be e oni ne.pri proof copyf read de be eds iy mark s inc u u ry.co ded m chec irm q uan cu y acco aco - spe incu conf pdf jo bread on EXCEL/CSV fies wih abeed fieds for daa ery Speing, puncuaion and informaion eered in he fieds is how i is going o be dispayed on your projec. VDP is a compeey auomaed process and wha is eered is wha is used, so make sure he daa is consise wih correc informaion in he appropriae fieds k fie PROMOTIONAL ITEMS: Ar fies mus be vecor based YO U R M A R K E T I N G R E S O U R C E C E N T E R 4055 Irongae Road Beingham, WA com websies SEO emais hosing socia media service@pricopyfacory.com m-f 8:30-5: DESIGN WEB MAIL