Inland Press - Electronic Prepress

Electronic Prepress

The goal of our Electronic Prepress Department is to get your job produced free of errors, on time, and according to budget. Delays or inaccurate output create alteration costs and cause you to have questions. With the information in this page, however, we hope to help you avoid many of the common problems we find in electronic files. By reducing the occurrence of these problems, you will save money and time: a smooth workflow will develop from your electronic file to the finished product.
Jeff Kause, Prepress Manager
313-967-5470

File Preparation
Inland Press uses Macintosh and Windows compatible computers. Programs for the Macintosh include recent versions of QuarkXpress, InDesign, Acrobat, Illustrator, and Photoshop. Programs for the Windows platform include recent versions of QuarkXPress, InDesign, Acrobat, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Publisher.

We will accept your PDF files, PostScript files, or application (native) files from supported applications, although we prefer to receive PDF files whenever possible. Once artwork has been saved in this format, all the settings from your program and computer are locked in. This helps to eliminate problems caused by different system setups between Inland Press’ computers and yours.

Page layout files should not be created using word processing programs. Projects created in word processing programs often encounter reflow and printing issues. This includes, but is not necessarily limited to, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Word, and Corel WordPerfect. If a word processing program must be used, it is strongly recommended that you create a PDF file and submit it to us as a test prior to submitting your live project files.

Gathering Files for Output
QuarkXpress and Adobe InDesign offer features to prepare your files for a service provider. Please use these features, as it will reduce problems with missing components for the output of your project.

QuarkXpress-Collect for Output

InDesign-Package for Output

File Submission
Please compress your file(s) before electronically sending the files by any of the ways listed below. Uncompressed files have a great chance of getting corrupted in transmission.

Email Attachments - files smaller than 5 MB to your sales representative

UPLOAD FILES- files larger than 5 MB
Please use the Upload Files button to submit files under 40 MB

FTP-Files over 40 MB should be submitted up to the Inland FTP site. To access the general Upload folder on the Inland Press FTP site, please follow the instructions below:

In your FTP software type:
ftp.inlandpress.com

User ID: inlandftp
Password: valuedcustomer

FTP Software
Window Users may download the following freeware:
http://www.smartftp.com
MAC OSX Users may download the following freeware:
http://www.fetchsoftworks.com/

Downloads

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PDF from Adobe InDesign (Mac or Windows): Please download the instructions and profile
PDF from QuarkXpress 6 (Mac or Windows)
PDF from QuarkXpress 7 (Mac or Windows)
Inland Press Workflow PPD (Mac)
Inland Press Workflow PPD (Windows)
InDesign Print Preset- Load this file under the File/Print Presets/ Define/Load
Quark 7 Output Style

**Please contact the Prepress department for instructions on all other applications