Healthy Advice Communications
 
       

The Basic Guide or Directory

Page Count:
32-page book

Size:
5.25" x 8.5"

Colors:
4-color cover, bleed available (CMYK)

2-color interior, no bleed (PMS + K)


Your Project Coordinator will ask for your PMS color/s (Pantone Matching System). Please recognize that the cover is 4-color process. The Process Color equivalent of the PMS color may not match so if your hospital has a specific color breakdown, please supply both.

Example:
PMS 186
C=0 M=100 Y=81 K=4

Healthy Advice Hospitals is not responsibile for color not matching if breakdown was not supplied.

Our Mechanical Specifications

Healthy Advice® Hospitals cannot be held responsible for the reproduction quality if the materials supplied or mechanical specifications are not met.

Accepted File Formats:
PDF/X-1a, AI, EPS, TIFF or JPEG format

Copy:
MS Word (Only)
Do not place photos/graphic images into Word, they are not usable or printable.

Resolution and Line Screen:
Cover Images (raster) @ 350 dpi (min. size 5" x 7")
Images (raster) @ 300 dpi (min. size 3" x 5")
Line Art (vector) @ 600 dpi

Patient Guide Specs:
Trim: 5.25" x 8.5"
Cover: 5.25" x 8.5" (add 1/8" all sides)
Interior: 4.75" x 8" (no bleeds)

Finished Ads:
Accepted file format: PDF/X-1a
Send the PDF/X-1a with the compressed ad folder (including links, fonts and In Design or Quark file). If possible please supply a laser proof of ad.

Ad Sizes:
1/4 PG - 4.75" x 1.875"
1/3 PG - 4.75" x 2.556"
1/2 PG - 4.75" x 3.917"
2/3 PG - 4.75" x 5.278"
3/4 PG - 4.75" x 5.958"
Full PG - 4.75" x 8" No bleed
Bleed Full PG - 5.25" x 8.5" (add 1/8" all sides)

 
 

Our Proofing Process
A PDF proof will be emailed to you. It will be an enabled PDF which means you can place comments directly into the proof. You must have Acrobat Reader for commenting. http://get.adobe.com/reader/

The Benefits:
Comments are clear and legible
Faster turn around for proof passes
Easy to follow where corrections
need to be made
Better tracking of changes

Please Note:
If you need help your Customer Service Coordinator can walk you through the process, please call them at 800-643-8037.