Advertise

Advertising Specifications

File Formats
• PDF X-1a or PDF preferred
• QuarkXPress, and Adobe InDesign files are also accepted
• Files must include all fonts and images (hi-res scans, logos, artwork, etc.)
• 133 line screen and 300% maximum density
• Please see separate sheet for further information on digital file preparation

Proofs
Furnish 2 digital contact proofs (i.e. Kodak Approval, CREO Spectrum, Iris Realist) made from the supplied file.  Proofs must meet all SWOP specifications and must include a 6mm 5%, 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% CMYK patch strip for color quality control.

Disk Types
Macintosh formatted CD-ROMs.

Ad Sizes

Notes
• Gutter safety for spread creative should be 1/8" total.
• Bleed is 1/8" on each side.
• Copy safety is 5/16" from the trim edge.


Shipping Instructions

CFO Publishing Corporation
ATTN: Production Department
253 Summer Street/3rd Floor
Boston, MA 02210

Questions?

Laura Iverson, Production Director, (617) 345-9700 ext. 230, lauraiverson@cfo.com

Digital File Preparation

Printing Information
CFO magazine is produced with a computer-to-plate workflow and is printed on web offset presses. The magazine is saddle stitched. CFO subscribes to SWOP (Specifications for Web Offset Publications) standards.

General File Prep
• Please include standard trim, bleed and center marks in all separations, 1/2" outside of the trim.
• Please make files right-reading, 100% of final size, with no rotations.
• File to contain only 1 page or 1 spread.
• Use only postscript fonts or TrueType. Multiple Master fonts are not accepted.
• Please restrict file names to alpha and numeric characters with the dot (.) extensions to indicate file type.
• Trap TIFF/IT-P1 and DCS 2.0 files. Do NOT trap other files.
• Files should be CMYK colorspace, with other colors used only when the advertiser is running a 5th color.

PDF
We recommend that you check the PDF by viewing it in Acrobat and printing a hard copy from a machine different than the one that created the file, without loading or opening fonts and art.  This will verify the file and show if the fonts and art have been successfully embedded. Remember, most PDF formats do not allow 5th colors.  Trapping will be done in Production.

QuarkXPress & InDesign
Include all fonts. Use only Type 1 or OpenType fonts. Include all hi-res images, SWOP, CMYK, or grayscale, resolution of 266 dpi or higher.  No RGB and no JPEG.  Do not embed color profiles. Do not "nest" EPS files.  Trapping will be done in Production.

FTP Instructions
Please place the ad in the folder for the appropriate month and contact Laura Iverson when it has been posted so that the file may be retrieved.

Via this link:

ftp://FTPProduction:prod770@ftp.cfo.com

Depending on which browser you are using, it will either bring you right into the Production Folder, or into the general CFO Global site where you will find the Production folder.

Via an FTP client:

hostname: ftp.cfo.com
Username: FTPProduction
Password: prod770

NOTE: CFO requires that all ads are accompanied by a color proof. This is a safeguard to make sure we achieve your color expectations on press and that what we generate from the file is the same as the proof you have submitted.