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Specifications

Specifications for Printed Pages, Preprinted Inserts, Website & Enews Banners, Eblasts

PRINTED PAGES

Full Page
Trim Size: 8 1/8” x 10 7/8” high
Please set up your document size to 8 1/8” x 10 7/8” and add an additional 1/8” on all sides for bleed.

Two Page Spread
Trim Size: 16 1/4 wide x 10 7/8 high
Please set up your document as 2 separate pages. Each page should be 8 1/8” x 10 7/8” high with an additional 1/8” on all sides for bleed.
Do not allow for the gutter.

1/2 Page Horizontal: 7″ wide x 5″ high

1/2 page vertical: 3 3/8″ wide x 10″ high

1/4 page: 3 1/2” wide x 4 5/8” high

Acceptable File Format:
High Resolution Acrobat PDF

Files Due:
15th of the month preceding cover date

Ship Materials to:
Graphic Design USA
594 Dean Street – Ste. 22
Brooklyn NY 11238
Attention: Gordon Kaye

Email Materials to:
Gordon Kaye
gkaye@gdusa.com

 

PREPRINTED INSERTS

Single Leaf /Two Page Inserts
Trim: 8 1/8” x 10 7/8” high

Please ship page untrimmed at:
8 3/8” wide x 11 1/8” high
(trim + 1/8” all around)

QUANTITY: 22,000

INSERTS DUE:
30th of the month preceding cover date

SHIP INSERTS TO:
INTELLICOR
c/o Graphic Design USA
3575 Hempland Rd
Lancaster, PA 17601
Attention: Tia Bradley

Please identify all cartons with the issue date

 

WEBSITE AND ENEWS BANNERS

Leaderboard and Centerboard
728 x 90 pixels

Rectangle
300 x 250 pixels

File Size: Please keep file size under 75k
File Formats: GIF (static or animated), JPG, FLASH
Call for approval of other media

 

EBLAST GUIDELINES

We are very flexible and respectful of your creative but here are broad guidelines. Send HTML a week before the send date so we have time to test and obtain your final approval.

*Valid HTML

* Content area 600-728 pixels wide and 1080-1300 pixels long

* Images at 96dpi and kept to file size of under 75k if possible

* Animated GIF animations shouldn’t be used for very large central images

Send to gkaye@gdusa.com and cc randriani@gdusa.com

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