On 5 May 2017 at 11:08, Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com> wrote: > > On 05/05/2017 10:53 AM, Kevin Cole wrote: > > Hi ZASKE, > > > > Thanks for getting back to me. Just the sort of answer I need... I > > think. And you're correct: I'm in the US. Brain-Washington, DC to be > > precise. Now it's time to find a print shop. (I was planning to go > > with the ubiquitous Kinko's / FedEx or Office Depot, initially, but if > > I'm reading between the lines correctly, they may be the McDonald's > > and Burger King's of printing: Fast, relatively cheap and with no > > nutritional value.) > > Nothing wrong with cheap, but the question is whether they will be > flexible and helpful. There is no reason why Scribus should not have > adequate output for your printer's needs, it's just a question of which > PDF version they would like. > > When I look at Office Depot's site, I can't find any link to file upload > information -- it looks like they want you to use their templates for > the design. > On FedEx/Kinko's they do supply information about files. PDF version 6 > is "recommended", so it would be a matter of getting more details on > that. They do give some specifics on document sizes and bleed sizes. > > Greg >
Looking at Office Depot's site, for a "Full Color Business Card", the following are provided as the requirements: 1. PDF is preferred, but no specific version thereof is indicated. 2. Bleed is 3.62" X 2.12" 3. Trim is 3.5" X 2" 4. Safe area is 3.3" X 1.9" 5. Vector-based images, resolution of 300dpi or higher 6. Text size of 8pt or higher 7. CMYK is expected rather than RGB - the gurus on the list can assist with how to set that up, although color profiles are not provided that I can find. Gord
