Layout Specifications
Each page of the newspaper downloaded must be PDF and must be 11 inches wide and 14 inches high with half (½) inch margins on all four sides (bottom, top, left, right). Your final printable image will be 10" by 13." This is all done automatically if using our Designer, including PDF creation.
Folding Specifications
All newspapers are quarter folded, leaving a finished product roughly 7 inches tall and 11.5 inches wide (the extra 1/2 inch on the right margin is standard with regards to web-press machines). The top 7 by 11 inches of your first page will be the visible front of your newspaper.
File & Page Specifications
If using our Online Designer or Templates, all information here is not needed.
For Custom Orders:
Any file in Black and White must be sent in a PDF Format with a minimum resolution of 150 DPI. We do recommend having your file saved at 300 DPI.
Any COLOR file must be sent as PDF Format and only with CMYK coloring (not RGB). We recommend 300 DPI.
All PDFS must be on one file. All PDFS will be printed in the page order of the file received.
If you need help putting your PDFS in one file and in proper page order, please use this free link: PDF Split and Merge
If you need help creating a Print Ready PDF, we suggest using one of these Free PDF creators.
Coloring Specifications
For optimal printing we suggest 100% black fonts, grayscale coloring and CMYK, not RGB Coloring. While RGB Coloring will print in most cases fairly well when transferred to a black and white pdf, and a great many newspaper are printed this way, it is not quite as clear as the way suggested above. Also, RGB text will not print on a color document. Use 100% black fonts for color documents.
Image Specifications
We suggest all images (pictures, photos or scans) uploaded into your newspaper be at least 300 dpi for optimum printing. Be aware that the more you enlarge your image, the less quality your picture will have. MakeMyNewspaper.com holds no responsibility for the quality of the images within the pdf's sent to us for publication, or through our Designer.
Note: Artwork taken from the internet IS NOT print quality, because it has a resolution of 72 dpi! Taking an image from the internet and enlarging it or increasing the dpi in an imaging program does not solve the problem - in fact it makes the quality of the image worse. Besides, you take the risk of using a copy righted image. We suggest either using your own pictures or purchase stock photography.
Font Specifications
For optimum printable pdf’s and automated embedded fonts in Custom Orders, we recommend using any pdf maker that offers true pre-press options. If you don’t have or know of a pdf maker, we suggest as a choice the FREE pdf maker PrimoPdf, by Nitro PDF Software, whose link is listed. Just click the link and download. Use the Pre-Press option when making your pdf's.