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MECHANICAL DATA FOR ADVERTISING MATERIALS

 Please note the following information carefully
 
FIRST Magazine is not A4 standard size
  Depth   Width
Full page(trim size)
(actual size of the magazine)
297mm x 220mm
Full page(type area) 265mm x 177mm
DPS (trim size) 297mm x 440mm
DPS(type area) 265mm x 396mm
Bleed Allow 3mm bleed on each edge      

Colour screen: 150
Mono screen: 133
Screen angles: Black 15° Cyan 75° Magenta 45° Yellow 90°
Machine printing sequence: Black Cyan Magenta Yellow
Printing process: Sheet fed litho
Binding: Perfect bound
Ink: To European standard 4666
Dot gain: Allowance should be made for 12% dot growth

We must be supplied with positive sets of film. They should be emulsion side down, right reading and polyester based. They should have hard contact dot and if duplicated, match exactly in value the previous master positives.

All film must be accompanied by a cromalin

Advertisements created in QuarkXpress must be supplied in a Mac compatible format. The images and fonts (printer and screen fonts) used in the advertisement must accompany the QuarkXpress document. The digital file can be supplied on a compact or floppy disc, or the file can be sent by ISDN to our print house. Please contact the production administrator for the ISDN number.

We do not accept artwork by email.

All materials should be sent to the following address by courier or registered post:

Production Department

FIRST Magazine Ltd,
56 Haymarket,
London SW1Y 4RN,
United Kingdom.

Tel: +44 20 7389 9653
Fax: +44 20 7389 9645
Email: editorial@firstmagazine.com


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