Valid from 1 March 2011
Instruction Colour
– Technical requirements for colour print in Poland
Prepress
Paper
Strålfors accepts the Customers production documentation as correctly prepared postscript files or PDFs. For
other file formats, the Customer needs to contact prepress department before sending any documents to
Strålfors. Material can be sent to Strålfors on: CD, DVD,
be sent to our FTP server (contact your account manager or customer service) or directly by e-mail:
dzial.graficzny@Stralfors.pl
Most of our Customers products are printed on uncoated paper (reprint, laser and ordinary offset). We
also offer the possibility to print on coated- and carbonless copy paper. The most commonly paper grammige
used are 80 and 90 gsm, but Strålfors can also produce on low-weight (<52g) and high-weight papers – up
to 170g (for even higher weights please contact customer service).
Colour proofs
Inks
For colour proofs Strålfors use EPSON Stylus Pro 7880
plotter, working with EFI ColorProof XF system. To render the print effect better with a maximum reality for
various printing bases, profiles simulating offset print
on various kinds of paper are created.
Strålfors uses inks from well-known producers. These
inks are manufactured in accordance with the recommendations of EuPIA “Good Manufacturing Practices
for the Production of Packaging Inks for printing formulated for use on the non food contact surfaces of
food packaging and articles”. The Ink-suppliers are
ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certified.
A physical and/or electronic document are produced in
order to establish what is agreed between the parties.
Strålfors sends proof documentation and the Customers needs to control spelling, fonts, colours, placing
of print etc. Strålfors are not responsible for errors that
are not corrected in the proof. One physical proof is included in the order, unless otherwise is agreed in the
Customer Assignment. Additional proofs are debited if
Strålfors received wrong or incomplete information
Production will not start until approved proof has
reached Strålfors, as a signed sheet or e-mail with
approval.
CTP
CTP (computer-to-plate) technology is recommended
for an ideal transfer of tonal values. It eliminates block
mounting phase, and due to this, it reduces the possibility of errors and shortens the time of preparation for
printing. Additionally it increases exposure precision and
ensures bigger repeatability of overprint. Therefore Strålfors produces all printed matters with CTP. For preparing plates, we use SCREEN PlateRite 4300 imagesetter.
For most production runs we use classic round shaped
raster with screening resolution of 2400 dpi.
Certificates
Strålfors meets the criteria set by scandinavian organization Nordic Ecolabeling and the SWAN ecological
labeling.
Strålfors is certified according to ISO 9001 and 14001.
Strålfors is aiming to be able to offer production using
raw material from forests certified by FSC (Forest
Stewardship Council).
Material preparation
Production documentation must be prepared according to the following instructions:
• composite PDF 1.3, PDF 1.4, PostScript level 2, level 3 of 2400 dpi resolution
• 1:1 scale, in portrait orientation
• attached bitmaps of 300 dpi resolution (higher resolution will be converted to 300 dpi automatically)
• no colour profiles attached (profiles will be ignored automatically)
• no OPI information attached
• CMYK tint combination (possible extra spot colors from PMS palette)
• all texts should be changed into curves
• bleed of min. 3 mm, all cut lines, perforations, etc, should be clearly defined
• layout should be centered to page, each page should be on a separate in the document.
Do NOT prepare the document with layout as facing pages.
• Clear the document from all irrelevant information. Minimizing risks of errors in production.
• file name should be clear and connected with the name of the Order Confirmation or
Customer Assignment.
In case of doubt please send us preview files and ask for advice.
Our graphic studio can be of assistance to the Customer with creating originals. The graphic studios work
will be debited the Customer by an hourly rate, according to price appendix applicable from time to time,
unless otherwise has been agreed in the Order Confirmation or Customer Assignment.
Instructions Colour PL 2011-03
Denmark
+45 33 86 86 86
info@stralfors.dk
www.stralfors.dk
Finland
+358 20 740 4100
servicedesk-fi@stralfors.fi
www.stralfors.fi
Norway
+47 23 25 85 00
infolog@stralfors.no
www.stralfors.no
Poland
+48 52 33 18 166
info@stralfors.pl
www.stralfors.pl
France
+33 1 47 47 96 00
contact@stralfors.fr
www.stralfors.fr
Sweden
+46 8 508 830 00
info@stralfors.se
www.stralfors.se
united kingdom
+44 1209 312 800
sales@stralfors.co.uk
www.stralfors.co.uk