Two pages: opposite or front+back?

Every exhibitor may submit 2 printed pages worth of relevant advertising or product information to be printed with the conference proceedings for each conference language (i.e. German and English). Two printed pages equals the front and back side of a single sheet of paper. In total, this means 4 printed pages; two in German and two in English. For each langauge you are encouraged to consider two opposing pages, i.e.right and left page, instead of the front and back side of a sheet of paper. This equals the entire visible space when the proceedings are opened at your insert and may be more impressive than a double sided (front+back) page.

Please let us know which layout your content is intended for! Simply drop us a quick email.

German and Englisch Content

The proceedings are printed in German and English, and you may submit your insert in both languages (= a total of 4 pages). Both, the German and the English proceedings are printed together in one single book. The book starts in English from one side and in German from the other side. The two parts meet in the middle of the book. If material is submitted in only one language, then it will only be printed in that part of the proceedings.

Print Information

The exact dimensions, safety margins and bleed/trim are exemplified in the brochure of the printers.
The most important points are listed below:

Please do not forget to include the bleed (3mm) in your document. Refer to the information by the printers for more details.

• Print type: Offset print
• Paper: 135g, matt
• Resolution: 300 to 356 dpi
• Colour: every page in colour.
• Colour mode: CMYK or grey scales, 8 Bit/Channel
• Colour profile: ISO Coated v2 300% (ECI) – colour profile available from ECI.
• Special colours: Do not create spot and special colours for full colour products, as well as no alternative colour spaces in CMYK, as this ultimately leads to misinterpretations in colouring.
• Data format: PDF-File in the PDF/X-3:2002 standard format.
• Bleed: 3mm
• Safety distance: 8mm (please refer to the information from the printers for a visual explanation).
• Safety distance to the binding edge: 13mm according to the printers, 20mm or more may be better, to prevent your information from being too close to the binding.

The safety margin is being printed upon. It is there to ensure that no text or information is cut off or placed where it would be hard to read.

Information from the Printers

• Information by the Printers [PDF-File]
  Notice: The dashed area (E) is only pasted over on the first and last page, and may be ignored.
• Artwork Requirements [PDF-File]

Further Information for Designers

Information on the PDF-Files

PDF files have to correspond to PDF/X-3:2002 standard. Please observe the following requirements:

• PDF version must be 1.3
• transparancies are not allowed
• transparency reduction must be chosen in such way that text and vectors are not converted into image data.
  (specification: high quality/resolution; the term can vary from software to software)
• coloured tiles/tiled patterns are not allowed
• comments and form fields are not allowed
• encodings (e.g. password protection) are not allowed
• OPI-comments are not allowed
• transfer curves are not allowed
• an Output-Intent has to be specified

In addition to the PDF/X-3:2002 standard settings please also note:

• convert all fonts in curves and paths
• layers are not allowed
• do not rotate your PDF file

Additional information regarding PDF/X-3:2002 can be found here.