Traditional Mini Artwork Guidelines

Page size

• Set up your document to the size of one page - width 170mm x height 250mm.

Bleed

• Add 5mm bleed to the top, bottom and outside edge of each page. Your document size including bleed should be width 175mm x height 260mm.
• Don’t add bleed to the inside edge of your pages.

Safe area

• Trimming isn’t exact, so we have defined a safe area, where you can place artwork and be sure that it won’t be trimmed.
• The safe area starts 10mm from the trim line, at the top, bottom and outside edge of each page.

Pages

• Minimum 16 pages, maximum 64 pages.
• Pages must be in multiples of 8.

A word about trimming and bleed...

Trimming isn’t exact so follow these guidelines to make sure your newspaper looks good:

• Make sure any backgrounds that you want to go to the edge of the page, completely fill the bleed, to avoid white lines around the edge of your artwork.
• Avoid having straight lines running parallel to the trim line, as these can enhance any wonky trimming.
• Anything outside the safe area may be trimmed.

Colours

Read our traditional printing guide for essential colour information, and the glossary for an explanation of any unfamiliar terms.

• CMYK or greyscale.
• No spot colours.
• Black and white photos and artwork should be set to print greyscale.
• Colour profiles - You can use any generic CMYK colour profile. We will manage colour before printing, to reduce ink coverage to an acceptable level for newsprint.

Text and images

Image resolution

• We recommend you set your image resolution between 150dpi and 300dpi - for more information see our guide to image resolution.

Minimum font size

• The smallest font size we recommend is 8pt, although some fonts may print well at smaller sizes.

Export guide

• Export your PDF as single pages, in reading order, with 5mm bleed added to the top, bottom and outside edge of each page and no crop marks.
• See our export guide for full instructions.