In order to ensure fast data transfer and a print result that matches your artwork, please be sure to send us your documents in PDF format (PDF/X-3:2002 standard) to Hausdruckerei@uni-landau.de, indicating the cost center or billing address. To avoid problems in advance, please only use programs that can also generate high-quality PDFs.

The images embedded in your file should preferably have a resolution of 300 dpi to ensure a good print image. If you create PDF files or JPEGs, you should make sure that there is no reduction in image resolution when you save the print files. You can take this into account in the presettings. In case of problems (image resolution lower than 200 dpi) we will contact you. We will then try to find a good quality solution together with you. Please note that image data downloaded from the Internet usually only have a resolution of 72 dpi - this does not give a good print result. Please also note the copyright.

If the layout program with which you create your print templates allows it, please always convert fonts into character paths (curves, paths). When saving the data for printing, please make sure that all fonts appearing in the document are embedded in the file. In case of doubt, please send us the file (if necessary additionally) as TIFF or JPEG. We will inform you in case of problems and send you a PDF file for coordination and security. Then you know how your file "looks to us" and how it will be printed.

Computer programs and printing machines work in different color ranges. If possible, do not save your images in RGB format, but in CMYK color space (CMYK stands for cyan, magenta, yellow and black, i.e. the four basic colors from which almost any color can be simulated by mixing them). If you work with Microsoft Office programs, only the RGB color space is available. However, we have the possibility to convert the data into the CMYK color space. This may result in slight color shifts.

If motifs, backgrounds, etc. of your print file are to extend to the edge of the paper (i.e. "borderless" printing), please ensure that the elements extend 3 mm beyond the end format of the paper on each side (so-called bleed). For a DIN A3 page with the paper format 210 × 297 mm, you must therefore create your data in the format 216 × 303 mm. We then print on oversize paper and cut the sheets back to DIN format after printing. We also have the option of simply enlarging your print data a little to achieve borderless printing. In this case, font and image elements of your file should not be too close to the edge of the paper so that nothing essential is cut off after printing. For pages printed without margins (the cheapest printing option), there will be an unprinted margin of 5.5 millimeters on each side. Please make sure that the font and image in your file are far enough away from the paper edge.

Design your poster in the size you want and make a test print on your printer (in A4 or A3) to correct typos, formatting errors, etc. in advance. The printing office team is not responsible for proofreading the printed material. If possible, create a PDF file from your application (from Photoshop or other pixel-oriented program please jpg or tiff.). Create a PDF for high quality printing. Be sure to check your file in full view (full page) and at 400% magnification, paying special attention to the image quality of logos and graphics.

If you send us data for products with spiral fold or center groove, please make sure that all pages have a precise stand. For example, in the case of a DIN A4 sheet folded to DIN long, not all pages are the same width after folding (i.e. not 297 : 3 = 99 millimeters). With all folded products, the ink application inevitably tears at the fold breaks. Unfortunately, we cannot accept complaints about this and no refunds are issued. We therefore recommend that you leave the fold breaks unprinted in the artwork. For paper weights of 160 g and above, we recommend that you have the pages grooved (scored) to ensure a clean fold.

For larger print runs, offset printing can be the cheaper and technically more sophisticated alternative to digital printing - but with delivery times extended by a few days. We therefore take the liberty of offering you the production of your printed matter in offset printing as an alternative, if necessary.