Actually, it is how you begin…
At Garlich, we handle all your prepress needs so your job prints smoothly and flawlessly. Garlich’s prepress department is led by an experienced team of professionals using state-of-the-art equipment. As technological advances occur, we continue to enhance our capabilities to provide you with the best possible service capable of handling a wide variety of files — Mac or PC. Garlich’s prepress department enables:
- Internet file transfer of graphic files
- High-quality color separations, halftones, tritones, and quadtones
- Image retouching, special effects
- State-of-the-art electronic page assembly and pagination
- Calibrated color proofing
- Remote Proofing with InSite
- Electronic Prepress Equipment and Capabilities
InSite Proofing System
InSite is a web-based proofing and uploading system developed by Kodak. Customers can use their web browser to upload and approve PDF files. InSite is accessed across the internet through a secure connection. The uploaded PDF files will be processed in a matter of minutes, and pages will be available for proofing and your approval shortly after the file transfer is complete.
Through InSite, you can transmit finished PDF files at any time, from wherever you are, when it is convenient for you. This saves time in getting files to us and getting feedback on them, and dramatically reduces the time to print from file submission.
In addition, you have access to the processing logs to review file processing information. You will know immediately if everything was O.K. or if specific cautions or fatal errors were found. When found, you can address these issues in your application program and upload new versions of the pages.
How InSite Works
At your request, we create a job on InSite with processing instructions based on the color and output intent of your files. InSite creates a direct, secure connection to your job folder on our server.
You connect, sign on, and upload files.
When the upload finishes, the system processes those files. While processing, information about the various elements in the files is being analyzed, and if elements are out of spec, they are flagged in the process log. Unless seriously flawed, the file continues to process until finished.
The system then creates thumbnails that can be utilized in a variety of ways. They can be used to access the Smart Review function, give approvals and rejections, print low-res PDFs of the post-ripped data at your location, and just gather information.
Smart Review is part of the program that provides in-depth page-by-page viewing and analysis, helping you determine whether it can be approved or rejected. If pages are rejected, make the correction and upload the replacement page.
When all pages are approved, we begin production and rapidly move the job through the plant per your schedule.
Kodak InSite Prepress Instructions
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Preferred applications
Garlich accepts files generated from a wide variety of Macintosh and PC-compatible desktop applications. We work most efficiently in Adobe InDesign for page layout, Adobe Photoshop for raster graphics, and Adobe Illustrator for vector graphics.
Contact Us for Specific Artwork Guidelines
