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File Requirements for print
For best results, please send PDF files to print. Artwork must be supplied as high resolution CMYK PDF, fonts embedded and images 300dpi.
Although PDF files are preferred, we may also accept JPEG files at 300dpi, CMYK colour, and in the case of Full Page or Double Page Spreads, with 3mm bleed. JPEG files may be rejected as unsuitable for print if they do not meet these standards.
Word, Publisher and PowerPoint files are NOT accepted.
Specifications:
| Size | Trim | Bleed |
| Double page spread | 420mm 297mm | 426mm 303mm |
| Full page (portrait) | 210mm 297mm | 216mm 303mm |
| ½ (portrait) | 90mm 266mm | |
| ½ (landscape) | 185mm 230mm | |
| ⅓ page (landscape) | 185mm 85mm | |
| ¼ page (portrait) | 90mm 130mm | |
| ¼ page (landscape) | 185mm 62mm |
If your file is small, you can send it to us at our artwork email address: artwork@timbermedia.co.uk. Larger files might be rejected by the email system before it reaches us so we recommend that you upload it using one of the facilities listed below.
WeTransfer
You can send files up to a total of 2GB using WeTransfer. Send your files to our artwork email address: artwork@timbermedia.co.uk.
Dropbox
Sign up to Dropbox and install their software to give you 2GB of online storage that can be accessed from any web browser and selectively shared with family, friends and us. You can even access your files on an iPhone or Android mobile. To share files with us, put them inside a folder named something like “Timber Construction: Your Name” inside the Dropbox folder on your computer. Then right click (or control click on a Mac) and on the Dropbox menu choose “Share this folder”. Put artwork@timbermedia.co.uk in the recipient box and click Share Folder. We’ll also need instructions: include a file in the folder; or write it in the message box when you share it; or send us a separate email.
