Contents

1. Bleed and Quiet Zone
2. Colour and ink coverage
3. Fonts
4. Images
5. Borders
6. Reproduction of details
7. Filecheck
8. Template layers
9. Saving your PDF

Bleed and Quiet Zone

Plain envelopes have specific templates for you to use. These are pre-designed in C5 and DL sizes and they all have areas that cannot be printed in - these are called the Clear Zones. Please check the relevant template to view the printable areas.

C4 Plain Envelopes cannot have elements bleeding to the page edge but bleed is allowed on the C5 and DL sizes.

When you save your PDF, ensure that you save it at the same size as the template - no crop or registration marks are required.

Colour and ink coverage

Please save all your vector and bitmap artwork in CMYK colour as all files must be uploaded in CMYK only.

RGB, Pantones, Duotones and other colour spaces are not supported and will be converted to CMYK.

Some colour shift is likely to occur so we recommend that the conversion to CMYK is done by you before uploading to Flyerlink.

Ink levels must be set to a maximum of 300% total ink. Exceeding 300% may result in your job being set to status 091 and delayed.

The minimum tint level is 10% per CMYK channel and tints over 90% will tend to look 100% when printed.

Remember to choose the correct single or double-sided product code to match your design requirements.

Fonts

We recommend keeping all text above 6pt size but your PDF file must have all fonts converted to outlines before setting to status 081. Note that the minimum stroke width is 0.5mm so ensure that no text elements are thinner than this.

Images

If you are using bitmap-based artwork, ensure your files have a resolution of at least 300 dpi. TIF, JPEG and PNG images are supported within your PDF but all images must be CMYK.

Bitmap files should be flattened and not contain any layers.

Borders

Avoid using borders as they will look uneven when printed. Do not add stroke borders to your design.

Reproduction of details

The minimum stroke thickness is 0.5 pt for positive strokes and 1 pt for negative strokes e.g. when a line is punched out of another coloured object.

Filecheck

FileCheck (status 021 in Flyerlink®) does not support the range of Envelope products.

Template layers

The EPS product templates have 2 layers:

The top layer is where you add your logo or artwork as a vector or bitmap files.

The bottom layer contains guidelines on using the template. This layer must be turned off prior to saving your PDF file.

Saving your PDF

When saving your PDF, ensure that the Guidelines Layer is deleted or made invisible, then save your PDF as a press-ready PDF using version 1.4 onwards.