Quote Originally Posted by shiphen View Post
It will be both in a newpaper AND in a magazine (that falls out of a newspaper).

QXP = QuarkXpress?
ID = InDesign ?
PP = Portrait Professional ?

Perhaps we can just print to PDF using say Adobe Illustrator CS5 settings and hope for the best ??
Yes on the others, PP = PhotoLine. That is my most used bitmap editor.

For the newspaper, this is the proper link, I believe:
http://www.fttoolkit.co.uk/2014rates...pec_print.html

Do pay attention to their details for the newspaper. They are likely way out of date on them. Welcome to the world of print design.

The insert (the fallout bit) will be printed on better paper. The PDF for the FT times is:
http://www.fttoolkit.co.uk/2014rates...specs_2013.pdf

Most of their requirements Xara is simply going to comply with by default, so no worries there when going to PDF. Xara has no control on trapping. It's crappy they don't do in-rip trapping. They ought to. Depending upon your design, it may not matter.

In short, the requirements are different for the two output intents. You may get better/more information emailing the person indicated in the PDF. I would inquire whether that have a profile for PDFs, for both the news rag and the magazine. I have done several ads for a company in England that specify a profile for all their newspaper outlets (specifically, ISOnewspaper26v4).

If you are going to be preparing print work regularly, I recommend you picking up Adobe Acrobat. I cannot imagine doing print work without it. It has a small learning curve as regards what you would be using it for--like checking TAC (Total Area Coverage), overprint preview, ensuring anything set to overprint really is, etc.

Be ready to ask questions as you go. It isn't rocket science but lessons are best learned when doing either a dry-run design or the real thing. But early enough that you don't have to redesign. There are a few people here that likely would be happy to check your PDF.

Mike