Adobe Acrobat PDF files are our accepted format for Press Ready Art, and must meet the following requirements:
 
 Adobe Acrobat PDF
  • Press Optimised PDF version 1.3 / Acrobat 4.0 compatible only.
 • Never Screen Optimised.
 • Fonts must be embedded within the PDF.
 • No True Type Fonts.
 • Ensure all graphics are CMYK or GRAYSCALE (never RGB).
 • Raster Image resolution must be at least 200 dpi.
 • Bleed is not necessary.
 • No restriction on text inset if there is a border.
 • Full Process colour advertisements MUST use CMYK colours only.
 • Spot colour adverts must use 1 of the process colours (CYAN, MAGENTA, or YELLOW)

WARNING – Acrobat files distilled from Microsoft programs are generally not suitable for press purposes. Colours separate into RGB and missing fonts will not embed into the file.

Advertisements for any of our publications can be designed by our inhouse art service. This service may incur a nominal production charge.

MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS:
 Clients can supply the following material types to be used in the design and production of display advertisements.

Advertisement Text/Copy:
 • Text for your advertisement saved as a Microsoft Word 97 document, Word 6.0/95 document or Text File (*.txt).
 • Finished artwork in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Publisher, or Powerpoint is NOT acceptable, however we will endeavour to recreate the ad as per your layout.

Original Artwork:
 • High quality art or photographs to be scanned. For example your Logo printed on Flyers, Letterheads, Business cards, etc.

Digital Images and Photographs:
 • TIFF, JPG, BMP files are all accepted.
 • Images to be supplied at 200dpi in RGB or CMYK.
 • Image dimensions must be equal to or larger than the final print size.
 • Small images from the web are not acceptable.
 • Images in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Publisher, or Powerpoint is NOT acceptable.

Vector Artwork:
 • EPS files are prefered. Illustrator files up to version 10 are also acceptable.
 • EPS files should be Level 1 Postscript with a TIFF 8-bit colour preview.
 • All fonts in vector art must be converted to outlines.

Macintosh files:
 • Save all MAC formated art with file extensions. (eg: .TIF .JPG .DOC .EPS).
 • Use only alpha numeric characters when naming files.

Fonts:
 Due to legal licensing restrictions any artwork produced by Australian Senior Publications will only use fonts that have been licenced to the company. It is illegal for us to use fonts that are licenced to anyone else, even clients. It is because of this we are not always able to use specificly requested typefaces. However we will always endevour to use fonts as close to requested typefaces as possible.

When sending us either PRESS READY ART or ARTWORK MATERIAL via Quickcut,
 E-Mail, or Post please include instructions that indicate clearly:
 
 • Which publication your artwork is booked to appear in.
 • Booked Ad size & colour (mono, spot or full).
 • Name of your business.
 • Contact details & return address in case of problems.

MATERIAL DESTINATION:
 Email: production@thesenior.com.au
 Courier address: 16A Mildon Rd, Tuggerah NSW 2259
 Postal address: PO Box 130, Wyong NSW 2259

QUICKCUT SERVICE:
 Publisher code:
 Australian Senior Publications AUSP
 Publication codes:
 • AST - Senior Traveller
 • NSN - New South Wales Senior
 • QSN - Queensland Senior
 • VSN - Victorian Senior
 • WAS - Western Australian Senior
 • SAS - South Australian Senior