Book of Lists production guidelines

The cover of the Book of Lists is perfect-bound and printed using heat-set presses. The cover stock is coated 8 point #3 cover; inside text pages are printed on 40 lbs #5 matte text.

Press specifications

• CMYK only; PMS or other spot colors are not available
• Maximum ink density: 270%
• Line screen: 133 lpi
• Minimum photo resolution: 200 dpi
• Minimum bitmap/rasterized text resolution: 1,200 dpi
• Dot gain: 20%

Camera-ready files

• All camera-ready ads are required to be submitted as industry standard PDF/X-1a files (see below for more information.)
• Files must be prepared in a layout program such as InDesign or QuarkXPress. Type must remain vector and the fonts embedded. PDF files created by Adobe Photoshop are not considered camera-ready.
• The document size of the PDF should be set to the actual ad size. Book of Lists ad sizes are here. Files should not contain crop marks, registration marks or slugs.
• Color ads should be CMYK only. Color ads with an ink density higher than 300% will be automatically converted which may result in an unexpected color shift.

PDF/Distiller settings

To set up InDesign or Distiller to make PDF/X-1a files:

Adobe InDesign: From the File menu, select Export... Specify a file name and click the save button. In the next dialog box, from the list of choices in the Adobe PDF Preset selector, choose [PDF/X-1a: 2001]. In the Advanced section, change Subset fonts when percent of characters used is less than: from 100% to 0%.

Distiller: From the list of choices in the Default Settings pulldown box, select PDF/X-1a:2001. From the Settings menu, select Edit Adobe PDF Settings... Under the Fonts tab, change Subset fonts when percent of characters used is less than: from 100% to 0%.