Question 1

What do I have to consider when creating my print data?

Accepted Answer

When creating your print-ready data you should consider our respective print data requirements.

Question 2

Are there any restrictions regarding the file name?

Accepted Answer

Please make sure that no umlauts, special characters and punctuation marks (e.g. ä, ö, ü, §, &, @, +.......) may be contained.

Question 3

Can I use marks & guides?

Accepted Answer

For labels, we only need the punch outline drawn in. Additional marks (e.g. cut, fold or register marks) are superfluous and will be removed by us. For booklets, folding boxes, flyers, letterheads, blocks, cut and if required, folding marks are required.

Question 4

Is there anything I need to pay attention to when creating PDFs?

Accepted Answer

When exporting your print data, please make sure to select the PDF standard: PDF/X-4:2010, PDF/X-3:2003. Furthermore, restrictions and security settings of the PDF must be deactivated (i.e. the print file must not be password protected).

Question 5

Can I create a PDF directly as a print file?

Accepted Answer

Yes, vector-based PDF is particularly well suited as a print template.

Question 6

What do I have to consider when creating a print file with regard to fonts?

Accepted Answer

All fonts must be embedded completely or as subgroups in the print data document or converted into paths in order to avoid display problems with the character spacing or the typeface. This also applies to standard fonts like Arial, Helvetica, Times New Roman or Verdana.
The recommended minimum font size should be 5 pt. For negative fonts, the recommended minimum font size should be 6 pt, taking line width into account. For fonts with very fine stroke widths, care must be taken to ensure that they have a correspondingly large font size. Especially if these are to be printed in negative. If this is not the case, it can happen that these fine fonts are no longer clearly and legibly displayed in print. Please do not create black texts in CMYK, but only in the black channel.

Question 7

What do I have to consider when creating a print file regarding lines?

Accepted Answer

If hairlines are created in the data, they must have a minimum thickness of 0.25 pt (0.09 mm). Otherwise they may not be printed or may appear interrupted, uneven, blurred or torn. In addition, the corresponding line thickness depends on whether it is to be printed positively or negatively.

Question 8

Comments & form fields

Accepted Answer

If comments are contained in the print data PDF, they are deleted and is not printed accordingly.

Question 9

Page orientation & reading direction

Accepted Answer

Print data must be delivered "readable". The ordered alignment/winding direction is automatically carried out by our system.

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