ME Magazine Digital Ad Specs and Sizes

Mechanical Engineering Magazine Digital Ad Specs and Sizes

Call: (212) 591-7786
E-mail: turturrom@asme.org

	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.