Copy Pilot Design layout tips





This page is to help with your layout so it's print ready when you send it to us.

There is a separate page for

Crop Marks
Bleed - Bleed off
Business cards
4 to a sheet post cards ( handbills)
Posters

Best way to send us a file is as a pdf. A pdf traps all the information and includes
your fonts which we might not have.

We use IBM compatible  PC's and have Microsoft office 2007-2010, MS Works, Open
Office, Creative suite 3. If it's not listed here we do not have it and will need it
saved as a.. TXT, TIFF,  JEPG... or as a word 2003..
Depending on your file and end purpose.


First, all copier  / printers have 1/8" deletion area around the edges of the
paper. What that means is if your image is designed to the edge of a 8.5 x 11
sheet it will cut off (clip) 1/8th inch on all four sides of the paper.

To get the whole image with out deletions is called a bleed off.
You want all of the designed area print and remain in tacked.
That will need to be printed onto the next bigger sized piece of paper and
trimmed to fit.

If a bleed off is desired you will want to extended the page 1/8th inch lager in
all four directions and center it.

You will want to keep you text about another 1/16th to 1/8th from the edges
also.....
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