Mechanical Engineering Magazine Digital Ad Specs and Sizes
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  Information on submitting ads electronically:
Platform supported Macintosh and PC (Macintosh preferred)
Software supported • Quark XPress 4.0 or earlier
• Adobe Photoshop 6.0 or earlier
• MS Word 98 or earlier (transferred into Quark when received)
• Adobe Illustrator 9.0 or earlier
• Adobe Acrobat 5.0 or earlier
Media types supported • 250 MB Zip
• Jaz 1 or 2 GB
• CD-Rom
 
Requirements for labeling
your media
• Issue Date
• Advertiser
• Agency/Vendor
• Contact Person
• Phone Number
Do you have a pdf file you'd like to send? Please see our "PDF Specifications" sheet beforehand.


COLLECT FOR OUTPUT

  • Printed directory showing all contents of disc
  • Hardcopy proof
  • Include all scans and illustrations
  • Compress into Stuffit or Zip files for e-mail transfer

    DOCUMENT LAYOUT

  • Fractional ad documents should be created at their actual size
  • Provide single pages rather than spreads
  • Bleeds should extend 1/8 inch beyond our trim size
  • Live area should be kept 1/4 inch from trim
  • Created color should be CMYK (Do not use "spot color")
  • Total ink coverage should not exceed 300 percent

    IMAGES

  • Photos should either be Grayscale or CMYK
  • Photos should have a final effective resolution of 300 dpi
  • Photos should be saved as TIFF, JPEG, or, if clipping path is used, as EPS
  • Lineart should have a final effective resolution of 1200 dpi
  • Lineart should be saved as TIFF with LZW compression applied
  • Created color should be CMYK (Do not use "spot color")
  • Total ink coverage should not exceed 300 percent

    FONT MANAGEMENT

  • Use Postscript Type 1 fonts (avoid TrueType wherever possible)
  • Include screen and printer fonts that are used in ad (those embedded in eps files as well)
  • Actual fonts should be used (stylized fonts may not render properly)


    MECHANICAL REQUIREMENTS
    Publication trim size: 8 1/8" x 10 7/8"
    Method of printing: Web offset
    Method of binding: Perfect
    SPACE SIZE WIDTH DEPTH
    1 page standard 7" 10"
      bleed* 8 3/8" 11 1/8"
    2/3 page   4 5/8" 10"
    1/2 page island 4 5/8" 7 1/2"
      vertical 3 3/8" 10"
      horizontal 7" 4 7/8"
    1/3 page vertical 2 1/8" 10"
      horizontal 4 5/8" 4 7/8"
    1/4 page   3 3/8" 4 7/8"
    1/6 page   2 1/8" 4 7/8"
    *Allow 1/8" for trim on all sides; keep live matter at least 1/2" from binding edge and 1/4" from outside edges.

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