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There are some simple steps that you can take
to make your printer's job easier.
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Talk to your printer before taking the electronic version of
your document and determine what type of file is preferred. Will
they take a "Pack & Go' set of Publisher files or do they prefer
PDF files. If they take Publisher files, what version of Publisher
are they using? If PDF files are preferred, are you going to use
PDF writer or PDF Distiller to generate the required PDF file?
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Provide a proof. It is useful for your printer to know what
your job is supposed to look like. You should be able to supply
laser proofs of the document along with the digital files. That
way they can tell if fonts are wrong or pictures are missing.
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Always
provide fonts that you have used in the job, preferably on the
same disk or CD-ROM. Never assume that your printer has the font,
even if it is a common one.
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Be
careful about scanning. Try and scan at the size the
illustration will appear in the printed page. If you do want the
image enlarged in the publication, scan at the percentage that you
need it enlarged to. Scanned images should not be scaled at more
than 125% or they will show pixels. If in doubt, choose 300 dpi.
Any more than this is usually a waste of disk space. As a rider,
some line art black and white images do benefit from scanning at
600 dpi.
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