Lake BookManufacturing, Inc. PDF creation from InDesign CS

Load the supplied LBM presets into InDesign.These are our standard presets which should be imported into InDesign before creating PDFs.This file has all the correct set-ups to create a PDF ready to send to Lake Book.

Copy “LBM PDF Preset.joboptions” to your desktop

With InDesign open, go to:File pull-down menu Adobe PDF Presets Define . . .

This will open the Adobe Presets window.

Select Load...

The Load PDF Export Presets window will open.Navigate to the desktop, click on the“LBM PDF Preset.joboptions” file and click open. These options should work for any version of InDesign.

You now have loaded the LBM PDF Preset.At this point, you can leave the preset name as is or you can change the name to whatever you want.

These steps will have to be completed on all machines with InDesign.

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For One Color Projects:

1) All type should be set to black, no registration or other colors should be used.

2) Make sure all images are Grayscale, no RGB, Indexed Color or CMYK images should be used.

3) Suggested image resolution is at least 300 for 8 bit CT images and 600 for 1 bit line art.

4) Images for web printing should be adjusted to have a 3% - 85% tonal range with good contrast. (Expect approximately a 20-25% total value increase at the 50% tonal range.)

5) Use of any special effects, colorization, or transparent objects should be reviewed in the PDF before sending to Lake Book.

6) All type should have a safety margin of at least .1875” from the trim to avoid clipping during production.

For Four Color Projects:

1) All colors should be set to CMYK in their native application before creating the PDF unless intended to stay as spot colors.

2) Any images or graphics should also be in CMYK or Grayscale with no spot colors.

3) Suggested image resolution is at least 300 for 8 bit CT images and 600 for 1 bit line art.

4) Use of any special effects, colorization, or transparent objects should be reviewed in the PDF before sending to Lake Book.

5) All type should have a safety margin of at least .1875” from the trim to avoid clipping during production.

Using the Lake Book standard presets does not guarantee the proper creation of PDF files from InDesign. It will help create a fundamentally correct PDF file, but several other design considerations must also be followed. These include but are not limited to those listed below.

NOTE: The PDF version is set correctly in the preset file, but make sure when creating the PDF files submitted to LBM that they are PDF version 1.6 or lower.

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For text pages that have images that cross over a two page spread:

The binding style will determine if a crossover adjustment is required

Perfect Binding:No adjustment is needed. The image should be left as is across the pages.Try to avoid having critical type directly in the the bind area (gutter).

Side Sewn Binding:There are 2 different options for crossovers in Side Sewn books.

Option 1: Create the entire book with a .1875” smaller trim than needed. Our imposition department will add the split and spread during the layout stage.

repeating image in gutter

Option 2: 1) Create the book with the correct trim size. 2) Place the image across the 2 page spread

using 2 picture boxes and align them perfectly at the gutter.

This can be done by placing the image across the spread, duplicating and pasting in place, then using the selection tool move the left and right holding boxes to the gutter.

3) One aligned, select the image on the left hand page with the item tool and move the image .1875” to the left.

Select the image on the right hand page with the item tool and move the image .1875” to the right.

This will create a crossover with repeating image in the gutter.

2 page spread

Image with split and spread

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To Create a PDF using LBM Presets:

When the file is ready to create the PDF,go to the file menu.

Select Adobe PDF Presets- LBM PDF Preset...

The export window will appear. Select the save location and click the Save button.

This will open up the Export Adobe PDF window.NOTE: in the description box Lake Book Preset is listed.

All of the settings are preset.Do not change any of the settings.

All page and crop marks must be offset 12 pt. (.1667”)

For text, bleeds must be .125” bleeds on all four sides.

For cover files, you can change the bleedsetting to .375” to include spine, joint and turn-in marks.

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