Rates
These can be found under the relevant format i.e. marketplace/update/courses/consultancy.
Specifications
We prefer to receive all files in PDF version 1.3 format using the pass4press standard see www.pass4press.com. If you are unable to supply your file as PDF, you may supply your file as one of the following formats. We have listed them in order of preference.
Tiff/JPEG - CMYK min 266dpiIllustrator/Freehand or Corel Draw - EPS (with all fonts converted to Paths)
Photoshop EPS - With all layers flattened and rasterised.(Do not use JPEG encoding on EPS files)
Quark Xpress - up to Version 5
Quark Xpress Passport - up to Version 4
Adobe In Design - up to Version 2.0
Adobe Pagemaker - Up to Version 7.0
The Engineer is published fortnightly on Friday. Copy date is Friday of the prior week. Any queries on technical spec contact Jose Church, The Engineer,
Centaur Communications, 50 Poland Street, London W1F 7AX. Tel: 020 7970 4434 Fax: 020 7970 4493 Email: jose.church@centaur.co.uk
Supplying Your Advertisements Digitally
We have listed our delivery methods in order of preference
Type Number / Address InfoFTP - ftp://ftp.atelier.net Call 01726 624500 for log on details
ISDN - 0207 287 1675 Wam! Net Transmission Manager
Email - jose.church@centaur.co.uk Maximum attachment size 2Mb
Film
Positive film, right reading emulsion side down, plus Cromalin proof. Screen: 150 lpi
Marketplace/Consultancy Mechanical Data
All mechanical data shown is height x width (mm).
| Single Box | Double Box | Full Column | |
| Marketplace | 60 x 42 | 125 x 42 | 255 x 42 (mm) |
| Consultancy | 40 x 92.5 | 40 x 190 (mm) | n/a |
Courses Mechanical Data
| Type | Bleed | Trim | |
| DPS | 255 x 395 | 286 x 426 | 280 x 420 (mm) |
| Full Page | 255 x 185 | 286 x 216 | 280 x 210 (mm) |
| Half Page Horizontal | 125 x 185 | 140 x 216 | 137 x 210 (mm) |
| Half Page Vertical | 255 x 90 | 286 x 106 | 280 x 103 (mm) |
| Half Page DPS | 125 x 395 | 140 x 426 | 137 x 420 (mm) |
| Quarter Page Portrait | 125 x 90 (mm) | ||
| Quarter Page Hor - Strip | 60 x 185 (mm) |