File Specification of
Incoming Manuscripts By E-mail

(1)

 File Size :
The maximum size of each mail is 5MB. If the file size exceeds 5MB, please save in the Diskette or CD and submit to our main office or collection centre in person. 
(2) File Format : -- our only accepts the PC computer of following file types :
Text File             : Microsoft Word (DOC)
(recommend for manuscripts mainly with general text )
Vector Graphics : Examples are WMF, CDR, CMX, PPT, EPS, CGM
(recommend for manuscripts with a lot of special text calligraphy and graphics)
Image File          : Examples are JPG, PDF, PSD, TIF, GIF, BMP, PCX
Namecard 300-600dpi, A4 150-300dpi, A3 72-150dpi 
(recommend for manuscripts with a lot of pictures)
Remarks          : PLEASE DO NOT COMPRESS ANY FILES.
(3) Word Fonts :
Our company has thousands types of word fonts, we cannot install all in the computer, so please specify what fonts you have used in your manuscript, so that we can print with your desired fonts. For Chinese Words, our company has the complete set of "Chinese True Type Font". If the customer use other Chinese fonts or some rare English fonts, please convert the words into curves or convert it into graphics (eg. WMF)or images (JPG), otherwise the printout will be different from the desired font.

Please customers use the below fonts as much as possible :
Arial Futura-Normal Swis721
Arial Black Garamond Tahoma
CentSchbook  Humanst521 Times New Roman
Frutiger-Normal Impact Verdana
(4) Incoming Manuscript Dimension :
For Offset printing, largest available size is A1(594mm X 840mm)
For banner/poster/photo, longest available width is 12inches, length is not limited. 
   
We only accept the following dimensions for digital quick print :
Round Corner Namecard (54.5mm x 86mm)
Straight Corner Namecard (55 mm x 90.5mm)
A3 (297 mm x 420 mm)
A4(210mm X 297mm)
A5(148.5mm X 210mm)
A6(105mm X 148.5mm)
(18mm X 40mm) only for sticker
(18mm X 55mm) only for sticker
Other size smaller than A3 (mm X mm)
If you are designing for digital quick print, please note: Other than namecards can "Full size printing", other A3, A4, A5 and A6 size printing will result in 5mm of empty space on all page sides, (this is because the printing machine cannot print the side). if the customer wants "full size printing", we can also do it with special methods, but you have to pay 20% more fees, And the layout setting must conform to things required for "full size printing". 
(5) If the design is "full size printing", the layout settings must conform to the following things:
　
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If design have 3mm space, and 
editing  area 5mm space :		 After cutting, product matches what the customer wants.
 .
If there are no bleeds and no 
borders around the editing area : 		 After cutting, there might be a white space left behind after cutting and some words might be cut off.
 .
If layout size and products have 
exactly the same size, it will also 
be wrong :		 After cutting, there might be white lines that appeared because of cutting errors
 .
(6) Color Mode - our Company accepts the following Color Modes :
Black & White, Grayscale, RGB and CMYK.
Noted that the color seen on the monitor is not identical as the actual output color and RGB color is slightly different from CMYK color. (when converting from RGB to CMYK, blue and green will become darker and other colors will be slightly shift). We recommend customer to use CMYK, which is the same as our printing system.
(7) Content of Manuscript :
We welcome all the manuscripts except those are unlawful or offence copyright or un-ethical.
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29-05-2009