• This file format currently is the STANDARD for the international Graphic market.
• Only PDF 1.3 files will be accepted. PDF 1.4 or 1.5 related matters like transparancy JBIG compression, JPEG 2000 compression, 16 bits per canal images and layers are not accepted.
• A PDF/X Plus V4-file is created by means of Acrobat Distiller 7/8/9/X.
  Settings can be downloaded from www.roulartaprinting.be under scenario 'technical data'.
• In order to control and certify a PDF/X Plus V4-file use the correct PDF-profiles in the PitStop Professional 9.2 or Pitstop Server 9.2 with the appropriate checking profile must be used.
  Settings can be downloaded from www.roulartaprinting.be under 'technical data'.
• Screenshots & downloads to create pdf files in QuarkXPress or Adobe Indesign (Direct Export to PDF), you can find here.
  
  

  Attention : also called joboptions in InDesign 4 (CS 2). Because of the central management of the joboptions, you will see them as well in Distiller 7/8/9/X as in all CS 2/CS 3/CS 4/CS 5 applications, but it is very important to select the correct joboptions specific for InDesign CS 2/CS 3/CS 4/CS 5 and not to use those from Distiller 7/8/9/X in InDesign CS 2/CS 3/CS 4/CS 5 !!! Therefore a clear distinction in the naming of the joboptions is made: _1v4.joboptions = only to be used in Distiller 7/8/9/X _1v4_IND4.joboptions = only to be used for InDesign CS 2/CS 3/CS 4/CS 5 direct export.

  
  
• Images should be enclosed with the PDF as High Resolution TIFF, JPEG or EPS CMYK. All other colour spaces such as Lab, RGB... are not supported.
  Spot colours must be converted to CMYK before the PDF/X Plus V4 is created.
• All used fonts must be enclosed within the PDF.
• Preferably a separate PDF with a unique name has to be created for each page.
• For the delivering of other closed formats it is best to contact us.

Please enquire if your printing is performed on a newspaper or a magazine web offset press.
Please enquire about the type of printing paper used!

Open File Formats

• We support the most used layout programs. If there is any doubt, please contact us.
• A Certified PDF/X Plus V4 will be created by our services and therefore this will result in an additional cost.

• Material ready for printing has to be delivered to Roularta Printing as a digital file with a colour proof.
• The delivered proofs must be exactly the same as the material on the digital carrier: the name of the file, the date and the hour of the proof must be identical to those on the file. A Ugra Fogra strip is added to colour proofs. In addition, the colour proof clearly mentions the simulated profile.
• If no colourfast proofs are delivered, we will print on the right density.
• On demand colourfast proofs can be made by our services.
• For each change of language, colour or black, a separate faultless fullscale proof has to be delivered.

• all used fonts must be enclosed (PDF) or delivered (native files), both print and screen fonts.
• preferably only Adobe Type 1 fonts are to be used.
• never use electronic bold or italic (Menu-Styled) but always use the required font.
• minimal height of the font for magazine rotary press: text 1 colour = 5 p, several colours = 9 p.
• minimal height of the font for paper rotary press: text 1 colour = 8 p., several colours = 10 p.
• minimal line thickness for paper rotary press: positive = 0,5 point, negative plain surface = 1 p., negative screen = 2 p.

• all used images must be High Resolution (magazine rotary press: 300 dpi - paper rotary press: 200 dpi) TIFF, JPEG or EPS CMYK, enclosed (PDF) or delivered (native files)
• the image can be enlarged to a maximum of 130% and reduced to a minimum of 20% of the original size.



• ICC profils for image processing (magazine profiles)

  WOOD FREE	ISOcoated_v2_300_eci (FOGRA39)
  LWC	PSO_LWC_Improved (FOGRA45)
  MFC	PSO_MFC_paper_eci (FOGRA 42)
  SC	SC_paper_eci (FOGRA40)
  IMPROVED MAGAZINE	VDB_MAGAZINE

• Printing procedure: offset
• Standard lines 150 lines/inch
  
  

• ICC profils for image processing (newspaper profiles)

  NEWSPRINT	DBL_Sublima_2010
  NEWSPRINT_MFC_MAT	KR_MFC_MAT_Sublima_2010
  NEWSPRINT_MFC_SAT	KR_MFC_SAT_Sublima_2010
  NEWSPRINT_SC	KR_SC_Sublima_2011
  IMPROVED NEWSPRINT	VDB_KR_Sublima_2010

• Newspaper
• Printing procedure: offset
• Standard lines 150 lines/inch

Surfaces

• minimum screen value: 5%.

• the QuarkXPress extension 4.11 and 5.0: QX-Layers are supported.

• the upper colour element in a layout or illustration must be set on knockout.
• standard overprint for black text is set on 95%.

• General info: Geert Decleer
  phone: +32 (0)51 26 69 71 - +32 (0)495 59 52 90
  e-mail: geert.decleer@roulartaprinting.be
• Data Communication:
  phone: +32(0)51 26 60 78
  e-mail: specials@roularta.be

• CD-R/CD-RW
• DVD
• Superdisc 120 MB 

Together with the data carriers a print with the specifications of the prepress company, the nature of the files and the table of contents should be delivered

Datatransmission

Via the Internet a connection is made by means of FTP client software with the FTP server. In advance a password and ID are to be applied for on the following number:
+32 (0) 51 26 60 78
FTP address: ftpprepress@roularta.be

NEW! Upload via CREO InSite, on demand +32(0)51 26 69 71 or 0495/59 52 90