UK CD & DVD Pressing - CD Replication & CD Duplication.

Press Ready Pdf's .

The paper parts (Booklets, DVD Covers and Inlays etc) that are printed for your job are produced from Hi Resolution Press Ready PDF's .
Please submit your artwork as press ready pdf's prepared correctly and to the artwork size and spec that we require.

Crop & Registration Marks.

Your press ready pdf's can contain registration and crop marks where needed. If they do, please ensure the marks are off-set by 12pt so that they don't print over your design, they can run up to it but should not print over any part.
See the example image below, it's a low res Jpeg image of a prepared rear inlay showing crop and registration marks in the correct position.
Note they run up to the design but does not print over it.

If you're not sure simply leave them off, I'll add them this end it's no problem.
Rear Inlay showing crop & reg marks
The crop marks are set to 3 mm which will be trimmed off. The registration marks are so the printer can line the CMYK plates up for accurate printing.

As I said above, don't worry too much about these, I can add them for you.

Disc On Body Print PDF's .

The disc on body print does not require any crop marks as there is no bleed needed, it does however require registration marks.

Supplying Press Ready PDF's

You can also supply your artwork as Press Ready High Resolution PDF files. This is a great way to work, you won't need to worry about supplying fonts or which platform (Mac or PC) your artwork was created on.
However they need to be produced very carefully all the same issues apply, a min of 300dpi reolution and all coloured images must be cmyk.

They can be difficult to set up and produce correctly so ee use a program called Enfocus Instant PDF to both create certified PDF's and to check ones we receive. You can download a free trial version to try out for yourself here, http://www.enfocus.com/products/overview.php?nr=1

We will prepare them for you.

Don't worry too much if this all seems a bit heavy going, we'll produce the pdf's for you from your supplied artwork, just ensure you've followed our guidelins and supplied your artwork to tyhe correct spec that we require.
You should make sure you've read these Important artwork notes.