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I have created a book in InDesign with over 500 pages and my client says it is not print ready (accoording to the printer)
My Question is:
What are necessary instructions to follow to make an indesign file a print ready document.
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A print ready book follows the requirements of the printer. The place to start with a question like this is by requesting the precise layout requirements the printer is demanding.
The most basic rules for "print ready" are:
All of this needs to be exported to a PDF with other characteristics defined by the printer, such as color space (even if the content is all black and white) and with or (usually) without page crop marks.
That's a start. But it sounds like you need to start with the very basics, and the first of those is to request print-ready specs from the printer. (Not any printer or something generic you might find on the web, but the actual printer who will be handling the job.)
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I'm assuming your client is not the actual printery. So, the client must have received information from their printer. What was the detailed feedback?
With so many potential issues, just saying something is not print ready is pretty meaningless.
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You should insist on contacting the printer directly and finding out what their requirements are in terms of colours (RGB or CMYK images, spot colours, etc.), page size, image resolution, file formats, and more. Simply being told my someone in between you and the printer is like being told you have provided the wrong fuel for a vehicle without knowing what vehicle they are using.