Once you have proofed and made the final changes to the book, you are ready to save it as a PDF file. As opposed to saving the book file in your page layout application, saving it in this format helps streamline the workflow. Depending on the book, we may prefer to impose the book straight from the source files and produce our own PDF file. Nevertheless, you should create a PDF file by choosing the Save as File, or by install a PDF Creator which can be download here (PDFCREATOR).  Note this download is about 15mb, It may be quicker to collect a copy from our shop. This will allow to create a PDF by printing to a PDF driver.

Some page layout applications allow you to save a file in PDF format. Creating a PDF in this way does not ensure that all the high-end qualities, such as colour and image information, of a file are included in the final output. So, please remember to supply source files, fonts, and image as well as a PDF if possible.

Printing the Book

After you have created a PDF file of your book, you are ready to deliver it to us. Although the details of every book are different, they all follow the same basic production process.

Files are received

As a customer, your primary responsibility in the printing process is to deliver the source files to us and be available in case we have questions about your book. You should provide us with a hard copy proof, (That’s if we did not produce it for you) containing the source files, fonts, and a PDF file.

Sending files over the internet is increasing in popularity, although bandwidth and file corruption issues need to be addressed before it can be considered a reliable and common form of delivery. Many times our customers have come to the shop only to find that their email never arrived. So, always phone after emailing any file.