How to forward documents to Verkstadskontakt

Materials for prepress

Files may be uploaded to our prepress department by E-Mail or to our FTP site. You may also send us your materials by CD/DVD.

When delivering by FTP and Internet, kindly contact our prepress department at Verkstadskontakt. Call +46 510 86212 or mail to: annons@verkstadskontakt.se for information of user name and password.

You are welcome to compress your files by means of Stufflt or WinZip, since this reduces the risk of any file getting damaged when transmitting by FTP or E-mail. Kindly choose a name for your file, to enable us to easier recognize what the file contains.

You may also use our upload service UPLOAD in order to upload optional files to our FTP.
This upload service is opened in its own window. Should you have blocked any external pop-up menu, you might have to alter a setting in order to open this window.

Documents

Send preferably your documents as high-resolved PDF files. It is important that all typefaces are included in the PDF files. All images should be saved as CMYK/GREYSCALE at a minimum of 200 dpi at 100% size. From the links at the foot of the page you may download files of PDF Export Presets in InDesign CS and Acrobat Distiller. To use the file in InDesign CS select: Archive > PDF Export Presets > Define > Read in. In Acrobat Distiller, copy the file to Adobe Acrobat/Distiller/Settings prior to starting Acrobat Distiller.

We would prefer the open documents being made in InDesign. Send documents and all images and typefaces, black typeface, in 100 K. We cannot accept the font TrueType. If you prefer not doing any print high-resolved PDF files, use the "export" function in order to collect all materials in InDesign. In this way all images, documents and typefaces are collected, which makes it easier for you to send it all to us. InDesign: Archive>Preflight >Pack

Images

Images preferably as Photoshop or Illustrator files. All images should be saved as CMYK/GREYSCALE at a minimum of 200 dpi at 100% size. Image formats accepted: TIFF, EPS and JPEG. You could also convert the images in our ICC-profiles, which you may download from our links at the foot of the page.

ICC profiles are a file format which can be used to describe the color characteristics of a particular device such as scanner, screen, trial print and printing presses. ICC profiles are e.g. used in Photoshop to separate RGB- or LAB images into CMYK, adapted to our pressing process.

This is how you add your ICC profiles into Photoshop: Close Photoshop. Download the ICC files from our page and copy them to the following file:

MAC OS 10: Library > Application Support > Adobe > Color > Profiles > Recommended

MAC OS 9: System Folder > Application Support >Adobe > Color > Profiles > Recommended

PC Windows: Program > Adobe > Color > Profiles > Recommended

In order to convert into Verkstadskontakt's ICC profile in Photoshop go to: Image >Position> Convert into Profile. Select proper profile in the list.

Check in Photoshop, under Photoshop (Edit for OS 9 and Win) > Color position > Working color capacity > CMYK that e.g. U.S. SWOP Coated or any other foreign standard isn't positioned. These are using other printing colors than those of the European standard. Euroscale or Verkstadskontakt's own profile should be in position.

Check the total color quantity of the images, e.g. from the info palette of Photoshop. The total color quantity for printing on non-coated paper should not exceed 240%.

At the foot of the page, please find a third-party program that you could download to enable transmitting and packing a file.

Proofs

Don't forget to inform the prepress/salesman if or when your proof from us has been approved by you. If you print a PDF-proof from Adobe Reader/Acrobat, keep in mind to unmark the box "Shrink oversized pages to paper size" in order to get the correct scale of the document when printing it out and avoid it from shrinking or being enlarged.

Should you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us at Prepress, dial +46 510 86212.

Here you may find our ICC profile, PDF job option and Pitstop profile

ICC profiles are a file format which can be used to describe the color characteristics of a particular device such as scanner, screen, trial print and printing presses.

ICC-profiler to Verkstadskontakt.
icc-profiler.zip

Job option to create PDF files to Verkstadskontakt, also to be used in InDesign.
pdf-joboption.zip

Pitstop-profile till Verkstadskontakt.
Pitstop-profil.zip