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Print specifications
for advertisers
CLICK on your desired publication:
• Compact ad sizes, non-stitched (Monday to Friday Herald, Herald on Sunday)
• Compact ad sizes, stitched and trimmed
• Broadsheet ad sizes (Weekend Herald)
• Square Compact ad sizes, stitched and trimmed
• Canvas ad sizes
• Technical specifications – newsprint product
• Technical specifications – gloss product
1
(Non-stitched, 8x8 modules)
INCLUDING:
–– Monday to Friday Main Section (Early General News, World, Sport)
–– Moday to Thursday Daily Liftout (Business, Entertainment )*
–– Friday Daily Liftout (SuperSport, Entertainment)*
General module widths and heights
Module dimensions
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Module depth (mm)
44
90
136
182
228
274
320
366
Module width (mm)
30
62
94
126
158
190
222
254
Display Compact sizes
Style
Dominance
Compact ad sizes
–– Herald on Sunday Main Section
–– Driven
Impact
–– Travel
–– Midweek HeraldHomes**
Presence
Impression
* Stapled, not trimmed
Square Compact Size
Modules
HxW
Live size (mm)
HxW
Front Page Solus (Main Section)
Set Size
50x254
Front Page Solus (other)
2x8
90x254
Double Page Spread / Panorama
8 x 16
366x550
Double Page Spread Half Horizontal
4 x 16
182x550
Full Page
8x8
366x254
Half Page Vertical
8x4
366x126
Half Page Horizontal
4x8
182x254
Junior Page
6x6
274x190
Tower
8x3
366x94
Lower Banner
3x8
136x254
Third Page Island
5x4
228x126
Quarter Page Vertical
8x2
366x62
Quarter Page Horizontal
2x8
90x254
Quarter Page Island
4x4
182x126
Eighth Page Vertical
4x2
182x62
Eighth Page Horizontal
1x8
44x254
Eighth Page Island
2x4
90x126
Sixteenth Page Vertical
4x1
182x30
Sixteenth Page Horizontal
1x4
44x126
Square Small
2x2
90x62
Spot
1x1
44x30
Classified Compact widths – Classifieds, Family Notices, HeraldJobs, Midweek HeraldHomes, Driven
Columns (mm)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Classified Compact (8-col)
33.5
68
103
137.5
174
206.5
241
275.5
** Display Compact widths – Midweek HeraldHomes only
2
Columns (mm)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Display Compact (7-col)
36
74
112
150
188
226
264
Compact ad sizes
(Stitched and trimmed, 8x8 modules)
INCLUDING:
–– Viva
General module widths and heights
Module dimensions
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Module depth (mm)
44
90
136
182
228
274
320
366
Module width (mm)
30
62
94
126
158
190
222
254
Display Compact live, trim and bleed specs
–– TimeOut
–– The Business
Style
–– HeraldHomes*
–– Living*
Dominance
–– Weekend
Presence
Impression
Impact
–– View
Compact Size
Modules
Live size
(mm)
HxW
Trim
(mm)
HxW
Bleed
(mm)
HxW
Front Page Solus
2x8
90x254
n/a
n/a
Double Page Spread / Panorama
8 x 16
366x530
391x552
402x567
Double Page Spread Half Horizontal
4 x 16
182x530
n/a
n/a
Full Page
8x8
366x254
n/a
n/a
Full Page (to bleed)
8x8
366x254
391x276
402x291
Half Page Vertical
8x4
366x126
n/a
n/a
Half Page Horizontal
4x8
182x254
n/a
n/a
Junior Page
6x6
274x190
n/a
n/a
Tower
8x3
366x94
n/a
n/a
Lower Banner
3x8
136x254
n/a
n/a
Third Page Island
5x4
228x126
n/a
n/a
Quarter Page Vertical
8x2
366x62
n/a
n/a
Quarter Page Horizontal
2x8
90x254
n/a
n/a
Quarter Page Island
4x4
182x126
n/a
n/a
Eighth Page Vertical
4x2
182x62
n/a
n/a
Eighth Page Horizontal
1x8
44x254
n/a
n/a
Eighth Page Island
2x4
90x126
n/a
n/a
Sixteenth Page Vertical
4x1
182x30
n/a
n/a
Sixteenth Page Horizontal
1x4
44x126
n/a
n/a
Square Small
2x2
90x62
n/a
n/a
Spot
1x1
44x30
n/a
n/a
* Classified Compact widths – HeraldHomes, SundayHomes (in Living)
Columns (mm)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Classified Compact (8-col)
33.5
68
103
137.5
174
206.5
241
275.5
* Display Compact widths – HeraldHomes, SundayHomes (in Living)
3
Columns (mm)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Display Compact (7-col)
36
74
112
150
188
226
264
Broadsheet ad sizes
General module widths and heights
(Non-stitched, 12x12 modules)
INCLUDING:
–– Saturday Section A Module dimensions
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Module depth (mm)
44
90
136
182
228
274
320
366
412
458
504
550
Module width (mm)
30
62
94
126
158
190
222
254
286
318
350
382
Display Broadsheet live specs
(Early General News, Review)
Broadsheet Size
Modules
Live size
(mm) H x W
Front Page Solus
Set Size
60x360
Double Page Spread / Panorama
12 x 24
550x786
Double Page Spread Half Horizontal
6 x 24
274x786
(Business Opportunities*, Classifieds*,
Full Page
12 x 12
550x382
Family Notices*)
Half Page Vertical
12 x 6
550x190
Half Page Horizontal
6 x 12
274x382
Junior Page
8x8
366x254
Tower
12 x 4
550x126
Lower Banner
4 x 12
182x382
Third Page Island
8x6
366x190
Quarter Page Vertical
12 x 3
550x94
Quarter Page Horizontal
3 x 12
136x382
Quarter Page Island
6x6
274x190
Sixth Page Vertical
12 x 2
550x62
Sixth Page Horizontal
2 x 12
90x382
Sixth Page Island
4x6
182x190
Eigth Page Island
3x6
136x190
Nineth Page Vertical
6x2
274x62
Nineth Page Horizontal
1 x 12
44x382
Nineth Page Island
2x6
90x190
Square Large
4x4
182x126
Square Medium
3x3
136x94
Square Small
2x2
90x62
Spot
1x1
44x30
Style
–– Saturday Section B
Dominance
(World, Business, Sport, HeraldJobs)
–– Saturday Section C
Presence
Impression
Impact
–– Saturday Commercial Property*
**
Note that a Double Page Spread and a Double Page Spread Half Horiztonal can only run on
the centrespread pages of a Broadsheet section. Speak to your APN Account Manager for
more details.
* Classified Broadsheet column widths
4
COLUMNS (mm)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Classified Broadsheet (11-col)
33.5
68
103
137.5
172
206.5
241
275.5
310
345
379.5
INCLUDING:
–– Bite
–– Element
–– Outdoors
Style
Dominance
(Stitched and trimmed, 6x6 modules)
Display Square Compact live, trim and bleed specs
Impact
Square Compact ad sizes
Presence
Impression
Canvas ad sizes
Modules
Live size
(mm) H x W
Trim
(mm)
HxW
Bleed
(mm)
HxW
Double Page Spread
6 x 12
325x535
340x550
360x570
Full Page
6x6
325x260
340x275
360x295
Half Page Horizontal
3x6
161.5x260
169x275
189x295
Half Page Vertical
6x3
325x128.6
340x136
360x 156
Third Page Horizontal
2x6
107x260
114.5x275
134.5x295
Third Page Vertical
6x2
325x84.8
n/a
n/a
Square Large
2x2
107x84.8
n/a
n/a
Medium Horizontal
1x2
52.5x84.8
n/a
n/a
Medium Vertical
2x1
107x41
n/a
n/a
Square Small
1x1
52.5x41
n/a
n/a
Display live, trim and bleed specs
Style
Presence
Impression
Impact
Dominance
(Stitched and trimmed, 6x6 modules)
Square Compact Size
Canvas Size
Modules
Non-bleed
(mm)
HxW
Live size
(mm)
HxW
Trim
(mm)
HxW
Bleed
(mm)
HxW
Double Page Spread
n/a
n/a
289x534
305x550
315x560
Full Page
n/a
n/a
289x259
305x275
315x285
Half Page Horizontal
n/a
142x259
142x259
152x275
162x285
Half Page Vertical
n/a
n/a
289x128.2
n/a
n/a
Third Page Horizontal
n/a
92x259
92x259
102x275
112x285
Third Page Vertical
n/a
289x83.5
289x83.5
305x91.5
315x101.5
Strip Horizontal*
1x5
54x255
n/a
n/a
n/a
Strip Vertical*
5x1
287.1x46.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
Large Horizontal*
1x4
54x202.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
Large Vertical*
4x1
231.5x46.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
Square Large*
2x2
114x98.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
Medium Horizontal*
1x2
54x98.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
Medium Vertical*
2x1
114x46.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
Square Small*
1x1
54x46.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
* Directory sizes
5
Technical specifications – NEWSPRINT PRODUCT
Delivery
TYPE
IMAGERY
Material can be submitted by:
–– Pagestore (Quickcut).
–– Email. Only one attachment per email. Confirm
email address with sales representative.
No compensation or responsibility will be
assumed by APN if material is delivered beyond
published deadlines. Always make allowance for
file transmission or delivery times.
Fonts
–– APN does not accept supplied fonts. All fonts
must be completely embedded in the files
delivered. Do not subset fonts.
–– Alternatively text can be converted to paths in
Illustrator or Freehand.
–– Fonts that are not embedded may be substituted
with default fonts. APN takes no responsibility
for fonts which default.
–– Use only Type 1 Postscript fonts. The use of other
font types may produce unexpected results.
Resolutions
–– Mono 1200 dpi. • Contone 200-250 dpi.
Process colour
Cyan (C) Magenta (M) Yellow (Y) Black (K)
Ink density
–– Total ink coverage of 220% max.
–– Black ink limit is 95%.
–– A solid black should only have one other colour
running at no more than 75%.
Mono
–– All mono work should be represented as true
mono, or greyscale.
–– Laser proofs not acceptable for scanning as
press ready copy.
Overprinting
Objects not intended to overprint are to be set at
99% or less of solid colour.
Colour conversion
Grey component Replacement (GCR) is used.
Acceptable formats and media
–– Adobe Acrobat PDF files. Files should be
exported as an EPS, and PDF created with Adobe
Acrobat Distiller. Version 1.4 (Acrobat 5.0) or
below. Do not export directly to PDF from Adobe
CS InDesign or Illustrator. Do not use Object
Level Compression in Acrobat 6.0.
–– CD - one advert per disk. PC or Mac formatted.
–– Hard copy proof is to be supplied with material
supplied on disk and CD.
Type specifications
–– Text reversed in multi-coloured work should not
be set below 12pt sans serif. and 4-colour type.
–– Small reversed type with fine serifs should be
avoided at all times.
–– Minimum size 8 points, sans serif.
Dot
–– Dot gain is 30% in the 50% dot area.
–– Anything greater than 80% will print solid.
–– Max of 75% in shadow.
–– Highlights set at 5% with 0% for catchlights.
–– Single solid colours not intended to print solid
are not to exceed 75%.
General
Press ready
–– Adverts will not be changed by APN.
–– All adverts supplied press ready will
be assumed correct to APN published
specifications.
–– Clear reproduction of supplied advertising will
rely on the correct production specifications
being followed.
–– Incorrectly sized material may be scaled to fit
the booked space.
–– No compensation or resonsibility will be
assumed by APN if material supplied does not
conform to specifications.
6
Client checks
–– Job area to match booked size.
–– Ensure that no important elements of your
material extend beyond the live art area as
trimming variations may occur.
–– All discs to be scanned for viruses.
–– Please proof the material from the final files to
check for corrupt files.
–– Contact numbers (business and after hours)
are supplied.
–– All electronic files contain a screen preview.
–– No embedded colour profiles.
–– Clear instructions are to be supplied.
–– All elements are to be clearly identified with
the associated job, with publication dates and
relevant information.
–– Key numbers and file names should be concise
and unique for each booking.
–– Email subject headings must contain client
name, publication, run date and
advertisment size.
–– Replacement material should be clearly marked
with a unique key number and file name.
Original Size
In some sections, production processes may
cause the original size to vary slightly in the
interests of quality but adverts will be charged at
the original size.
Contact
–– For support on press ready advertisements,
phone the Preflight Department on
0800 373 644 #5.
–– For general production enquiries phone
0800 373 644 #1
Technical specifications – GLOSS PRODUCT
Delivery
TYPE
IMAGERY
Material can be submitted by:
–– Pagestore (Quickcut).
–– Email. Only one attachment per email. Confirm
email address with sales representative.
No compensation or responsibility will be
assumed by APN if material is delivered beyond
published deadlines. Always make allowance for
file transmission or delivery times.
Fonts
–– APN does not accept supplied fonts. All fonts
must be completely embedded in the files
delivered. Do not subset fonts.
–– Alternatively text can be converted to paths in
Illustrator or Freehand.
–– Fonts that are not embedded may be substituted
with default fonts. APN takes no responsibility
for fonts which default.
–– Use only Type 1 Postscript fonts. The use of other
font types may produce unexpected results.
Resolutions
–– Mono 1200 dpi.
–– Contone 280 dpi.
Acceptable formats and media
–– Adobe Acrobat PDF files.
Files should be exported as an EPS, and PDF
created with Adobe Acrobat Distiller. Version 1.4
(Acrobat 5.0) or below. Do not export directly to
PDF from Adobe CS Indesign or Illustrator. Do
not use Object Level Compression in Acrobat
6.0. Do not supply multiple page PDFs.
–– EPS files.
All fonts embedded. All graphics embedded.
Level 1 or 2 Postscript only.
Type specifications
–– Text reversed in multi-coloured work should not
be set below 12pt sans serif. and 4-colour type.
–– Small reversed type with fine serifs should be
avoided at all times.
–– Minimum size 8 points, sans serif.
Ink density
–– Total ink coverage of 280% max.
–– A solid black should only have one other colour
running at no more than 75%.
Mono
–– All mono work should be represented as true
mono, or greyscale.
–– Laser proofs not acceptable for scanning as
press ready copy.
Colour conversion
Under colour removal (UCR) is used.
Overprinting
When using 100% black to blockout pics and
backgrounds etc, please use 50-60% cyan and 1 or
2% magenta and yellow in the mix. This enables
the rip to knock out all colours behind the black.
Otherwise the rip prints the black on overprint.
Process colour
Black (K) Cyan (C) Magenta (M) Yellow (Y)
General
Press ready
–– Adverts will not be changed by APN.
–– All adverts supplied press ready will
be assumed correct to APN published
specifications.
–– Clear reproduction of supplied advertising will
rely on the correct production specifications
being followed.
–– Incorrectly sized material may be scaled to fit
the booked space.
–– No compensation or resonsibility will be
assumed by APN if material supplied does not
conform to specifications.
7
Client checks
–– Job area to match booked size.
–– Ensure that no important elements of your
material extend beyond the live art area as
trimming variations may occur.
–– All discs to be scanned for viruses.
–– Please proof the material from the final files to
check for corrupt files.
–– Contact numbers (business and after hours)
are supplied.
–– All electronic files contain a screen preview.
–– No embedded colour profiles.
–– Clear instructions are to be supplied.
–– All elements are to be clearly identified with
the associated job, with publication dates and
relevant information.
–– Key numbers and file names should be concise
and unique for each booking.
–– Email subject headings must contain client
name, publication, run date and
advertisment size.
–– Replacement material should be clearly marked
with a unique key number and file name.
Original Size
In some sections, production processes may
cause the original size to vary slightly in the
interests of quality but adverts will be charged at
the original size.
Contact
–– For support on press ready advertisements,
phone the Preflight Department on
0800 373 644 #5.
–– For general production enquiries phone
0800 373 644 #1