File instructions

Please set up your files to be sized as they will be printed and saved as a PDF, 300 resolution, CMYK if color.

Do not lay out your pages in spreads. Each page should be individual. All pages need to be in order, in one PDF file.

• Page 1 = Outside Front Cover

• Page 2 = Inside Front Cover

• Continue with the regular page order for the subsequent inside pages.

• Second to Last Page = Inside Back Cover

• Last Page = Outside Back Cover

Full Bleed: Please include crop marks and bleed of 0.125" to 0.25” on each side to avoid hairline white edges when trimming.

https://www.printing.utah.edu/how-to-add-printer-marks-and-bleeds-to-adobe-illustrator/

Safe Area: Please make sure that important text or graphics are placed inside of a safe are between 0.125” to 0.25” subtracted from the trim size.

https://www.facemediagroup.co.uk/resources/supplying-your-artwork/understanding-the-safe-area

Creep: Because booklets are folded, the center page of thicker booklets will be dramatically smaller on the wide edge when trimmed.

https://printhouse.co.uk/2012/01/what-is-creep/

If your booklet is not full bleed, the canvas size per page should be;

5" x 8" for 8.5" x 11" folded to 5.5" x 8.5".
8" x 10.5" for 11" x 17" folded to 8.5" x 11".