1. General requirements
- We only accept ready-made layouts for printing.
- File formats:
- Pages — PDF (page by page, not spreads).
- Cover — PDF, JPG, PNG, TIFF. (PNG or TIFF is best).
- It is best to submit the layout in the size that will be used in the finished product (changing the size by more than one format is undesirable). We can scale it, but this may result in stretching/compressing images or text. (See 2. Page formats and sizes)
- The number of pages in the layout should be even. For stapled brochures, it should be a multiple of 4. Otherwise, blank pages may appear at the end of the copy.
- Multi-page layouts are only accepted in a single multi-page file with the pages in sequence.
2. Page formats and sizes
Original format (within the A5–A4 formats). For example, a 170x170 mm layout will result in a finished copy measuring 170x170 mm.
Other sizes are subject to agreement with the manager..
- INDENTS. Recommended margins from the edges::
- Books — 20 mm (inside), 15 mm (outside).
- Magazines — 15 mm (inside), 10 mm (outside)
- Under the spring — at least 15 mm (inside), 10 mm (outside)
- If the layout has different aspect ratios that do not match the sizes of the formats presented on the website, the layout can be scaled to the size of the selected format. If scaling is not suitable for your layout, select Original size.
3. Page limit (example given for 80 g/m2 paper)
Thick books are divided into volumes: softcover (150 UAH/volume), hardcover (225 UAH/volume).
4. Technical parameters of the layout
- The color space of the document for the cover and block of the copy must be CMYK. Other color spaces may give a different shade to the printed product and differ from the color in the layout.
- Resolution: 300 dpi (optimally 600 dpi).
- File size — up to 1000 MB.
- Layout without crop marks. There is no need to add special marks with a white field for alignment and trimming, as they will be added later.
- Layouts should not contain pages and objects that will not be printed (watermarks, comments, notes, logos, advertising inserts, etc.).
- It is not recommended to use transparencies, shadows, effects, complex lenses, and frames around the edges.
- Combine illustrations and multi-layered objects into 1 layer.
- If the layout contains special fonts, the fonts must be converted to curves for the file to be processed correctly.
5. Additional cover requirements
- Text/important elements on the cover should be located at least 10-15 mm from the edges of the book.
- Text can be printed on the spine if the block is at least 10 mm thick.
- Spacing on the spine:
- 10–15 mm at the top and bottom
- at least 2 mm to the right and left of the text
- Lamination:
- Glossy — default (practical, shiny, leaves almost no scratches or marks).
- Matte — +15 UAH/item (stylish, attractive, but less practical, scratches and scuffs are more noticeable).
- We do not recommend making very dense dark covers — in laser printing, lamination adheres to them worse than to light ones.
- Creasing is the pressing of the cover at the fold for neat folding without damage. For a thermal binder, it is done at a distance of 7 mm from the spine on both sides.
6. Additional services
- Dividing the layout from spreads into pages — 150 UAH.
- Printing on the flyleaf — 150 UAH + 20 UAH/copy. If the layout includes printing on the inside of the cover (“conditional flyleaf”), please indicate this in the Configurator when placing your order.
- Text on the spine — 150 UAH + 15 UAH for each additional one.
- Spine filling — 20 UAH + 2 UAH for each additional one.
- Colored ribbon — 40 UAH/copy. Colored ribbon bookmark.
7. Important notices
- We do not recommend making brochures/magazines with staples if they have a large number of pages. Paper has a certain thickness, so after cutting, the margins on the central pages will be smaller than on the outer pages. You need to take into account the page offset, or make the margins larger everywhere so that the difference in margins is not very noticeable.
- The trim is 3-5 mm from the edges of the printed layout, so keep this in mind when placing important elements, text, or images.
- All printed products are subject to a margin of error of 1-2 mm during printing and trimming.
Spiral-bound notebooks are not trimmed and have the following dimensions: A5 – 148x210 mm B5 – 175x250 mm A4 – 210x297 mm
Please note that spiral-bound notebooks will have white margins, as printers have a non-printable area of 2-5 mm. If you need notebooks with full-bleed images, select Original size.
- Aligning the front side with a turn is considered to be rotation only relative to the vertical axis.
8. ISBN. Technical requirements for publication design
If you need an ISBN code, please note that it takes about a week to assign a code. The cost of the service is 2,100 hryvnia.
For print runs of more than 100 copies, it is free of charge. Eight additional copies must be added to the print run, which we send to libraries ourselves at the request of the Book Chamber. Technical pages designed in accordance with standards will be added to the layout. A barcode and UDC are assigned along with the ISBN code. We design the technical pages ourselves.
TO REGISTER THE PUBLICATION, PLEASE PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
- A file with an annotation (no more than half a page) and the full name of the author of the book.
- A file of the book containing:
- the first title page;
- the second page — blank (we will place the annotation and other information about the book and author on it)..
- The book must have the correct page numbering:
- page 1 — title page,
- page 2 — blank,
- page 3 — the beginning of your text.,
Important! Be sure to indicate the need for this service in the comments to your order — we will send you a link for additional payment.