Page Size: The page size must be the final trim size of the book. For example: if your finished book is 6x9, the paper size must be setup as 6x9.

Photos and Images: We recommend that photos be 300 dpi. See Scanning Details for further details.

Single File: The whole book must be one single file. If your chapters and intro pages are all separate files you must combine them together, either in InDesign or in Acrobat after you make PDFs of every file.

Page Count: The final page count of the whole book must be in multiples of 16 for offset printing, and multiples of two for digital printing. Call us if you have questions as to which printing method your book will use.

Cover Files: Covers have specific requirements, including crop marks, spine marks, page size and bleed. See Soft Cover Layout or Hard Cover Setup for details.

1. Go to Start at the bottom left of your Windows desktop. Click on Start. Click on Printers and Faxes. In the menu of the box that comes up, click on File>Add Printer. A box called “Add Printer Wizard” will appear. Check the circle that says “Local printer attached to this computer” (Leave “Automaticaly detect and install my Plug and Play printer” Unchecked.) Click Next.

2. Check the circle beside “Use the following port:” To the right of this, make sure it shows as FILE (Recommended Printer Port). Click Next.

3. On the left will be a scroll box under Manufacturer. Scroll to AGFA, and click on it to highlight it. On the right, in the scroll box under “Printers” scroll down to “AGFA-SelectSet 7000” and select it. Click Next.

4. Under Printer Name: Leave it as AGFA-SelectSet 7000”. In the circles under this, “Do you want to use this printer as the default printer?” Click NO. Click Next.

5. Printer Sharing: Click the circle beside “Do not share this printer”. Click Next.

6. Print Test Page: Click the circle beside NO under “Do you want to print a test page?”.Click Next.

7. "Completing the Add Printer Wizard" box will come up. Click Finish.

From Word:

1. Open your file in MSWord. Go to File>Print. In the Print dialog, select AGFA Select Set 7000 as your printer in the Name box.

2. Check the box labeled "Print to File" (at the upper right).

3. Make sure the Page Range is set to All. Click OK. A "Print to File" dialog will come up, and you can choose where to place the file on your hard drive. Click OK.

From Publisher:

1. Open your book file in MSPublisher. Open File>PageSetup anc check to make sure the orientation is portrait, not landscape.

2. Go to: File>Save As. In the "Save as Type" box on the bottom, select Postscript (*.ps). In the "File Name" box, give it a name (check to make sure it has the ".ps" extension on the name.) Click "Save". Another dialog will pop up that wants to know what printer to use, just leave it as is and click "Save".

3. Once your postscript file is complete, review Ready to Print Guidelines, available in the Information section of our website.

From InDesign:

1. Open your file in Indesign. Go to File>Print. In the General tab of the Print dialog, make sure your printer is "AGFA Select Set 7000". Also make sure that the page range is set to All. Near the bottom, make sure "Print Blank Pages" is selected.

2. In the Setup tab of the Print dialog, make sure that the page size is the same as the trim size (usually "Custom").

3. Click Print. A "Print to File" dialog will come up, and you can choose where to place the file on your hard drive. Click Save.

At this point, if you do own Acrobat Distiller, go to How to Distill where you can make a completed PDF. If you do not own Acrobat Distiller, follow the instruction below:

Upload from our FTP page. (up to 75 MB)

Email the file to us as an attachment. (7 MB maximum)

Put the file on CD and mail.