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Digital file requirements

Preprint specifications

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Capital Newspapers prefers to accept PDF files created in Adobe Acrobat only. The following documentation is provided to aid advertisers in producing PDF files to Capital Newspapers specifications.

Documentation is posted as Acrobat PDF files, and can be viewed in your Adobe Acrobat application – or you can download free Acrobat Reader software from Adobe's Web site.

PDF production guidelines

• Distiller settings for Acrobat 5.0 (1-page PDF, 383K)
• Distiller settings for Acrobat 4.0 (1-page PDF, 346K)
• PDF creation settings for Adobe PageMaker (1-page PDF, 267K)

For more information about working in Acrobat, see Adobe's Acrobat support knowledgebase.

Digital submission standards

If native files must be sent, the following preflight form must be filled out when submitting files:

• Digital ad preflight submission form (1-page PDF, 131K)

Additional information about Capital Newspapers digital submission standards and guidelines:

• Ad size charts (2-page PDF, 490K)
• Digital submission standards (1-page PDF, 81K)
• Clean file creation standards (2-page PDF, 108K)
• "Disk ready" digital file guidelines (1-page PDF, 147K)

Production in Photoshop

• Saving files in Photoshop (1-page PDF, 203K)
• Saving full-color files in Photoshop (1-page PDF, 414K)
• Halftone guidelines (1-page PDF, 243K)
• Photoshop color settings (1-page PDF, 414K)
• Setting white point and black point (1-page PDF, 143K)

If you have questions, please contact:

Capital Newspapers
Digital Department
1901 Fish Hatchery Rd.
Madison, Wisconsin 53713

Phone: 608-252-6260
e-mail: cnpress@capitalnewspapers.com

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