Companies use either PostScript fonts or TrueType fonts. For faster and less complicated processing, use fonts that are installed on both systems. For special marks and characters, know what works for you and company.

If your document includes program files, you can install imagesetter driver on your system and set it correctly. In this way, your service bureau will not have to open program files. Thus, resulting to a faster output and incompatibility in software and fonts will be reduced.

Link complicated graphics files rather than embed them. Discuss on what resolution your scanned photos and images must have. Check standard and maximum sheet image setter can output.

Now, you can create template. A template refers to a document file that contains basic layout and paragraph styles. In making template, consider information that you’ve gathered regarding printed output and your service bureau.

When template is complete, test it. When you’re satisfied with output, save it and name it so you can easily identify it. If possible review your document before handling it over to service bureau.

These basic steps will help you, your printer and your service bureau save time and money.

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The PSD format can support all advanced features such as duotones, clipping paths and channels but it also offers one feature that no other file format does. While every other format must be flattened on export, PSD is only format that supports layers. Any program that supports PSDs directly can then leverage this layer information as Adobe ImageReady and Deneba Canvas show.

PNG is a format that can efficiently and losslessly handle images ranging from bi-level line-art through to state-of-the-art 48-bit photographic images. The format doesn’t just support a transparent key color as GIF does but also, through its alpha mask, offers true variable transparency. Likewise format doesn’t just support color profiling but also enables gamma information to be embedded so that colors can be kept consistent across different platforms such as Mac and PC. The format is also easily extensible as Macromedia has (rather confusingly) shown by making PNG native format for its largely vector-based Fireworks program.