1. Printing process: - rotogravure. Maximum 8 colours, including over lacquers, coatings etc.
2. Print tolerances. – 0.1mm to 0.2mm spreads and tucks.
   i.e. to counteract shift due to print process or materials.
   Avoid using two or more colors to form too thin or small text, dots, lines, dashes, etc
3. Leave clear track for registration mark.
4. Barcode: reduce to 85% as a minimum scale.
5. True color indicators/color standards, must be supplied (PMS number or color sample).
6. Artwork to be supplied as: (1)Adobe Illustrator : _.ai/_.eps + (2)Adobe Photoshop : _.psd
   (1) Adobe Illustrator : _.ai/_.eps (or FREEHAND, CorelDraw, etc.)
        a) Create sophisticated vector graphics and text in Illustrator.
        b) Place the Photoshop images(.psd, .eps, .tif, .bmp, etc) in Illustrator (links).
        c) Create outlines for all text objects in Illustrator.
   (2) Adobe Photoshop : _.psd
        a) Create and enhance images in Photoshop.
        b) Create layers in any image and manage them in Photoshop.
        c) Place the Photoshop images (.psd, .eps, .tif, .bmp, etc) in Illustrator (links).
        d) Please attach all the _.psd files with all layers created in Photoshop.
        Do Not Flatten Images (Keep All Original Layers) & Save as a _.psd file.
      (Even if you have placed the images in Illustrator and save as a _.ai file)
        e) The _.psd files with all layers are very important to rotogravure printing prepress.
        f) The resolution of photographic image files must be no less than 350dpi.
        g) Create the images with CMYK channels (RGB channels are not good for separation.)
        h) Create the SPOT COLOR channels with PMS No. if you would like to use PMS colors.
7. Identify & show coverage of each color, specially the “PMS colors”, “white color” &“transparent”.
8. Play it safe and burn two copies of the artwork (above) onto a CD…we will send one to the plant and the other we will use for inspection and Quality checks internally.
9. Play it safe and print out the artwork and send hard copies with the CDs.

Item 6 is the most important.