Prior to submitting materials, a PDF of the ad MUST be e-mailed to tracie.mclaughlin@mcmurry.com for corporate approval.

*NOTE: All live matter must be at least 5/16" from the TRIM of the magazine. The bleed size listed above is the page trim size with 1/8" minimum bleed added to all sides. It is not the trim size. Please make sure that copy does not run into the gutter on two-page spread ads.

Prepress Guidelines

McMurry is a Macintosh format Computer to Plate (CTP) environment, and Adobe InDesign is the primary page layout program used. PDF/X1-a and Macintosh formatted InDesign documents are the preferred material formats. Your files will pass through a preflight operation to confirm all elements are present and correct.

If there are problems, we will contact you and work to resolve them (with applicable charges). To minimize problems, please read and follow the guidelines below.

Digital File Requirements

PDF/X1-a is the preferred file format for all materials. However, we accept the following native file formats:

• Adobe InDesign (preferred)
• QuarkXPress
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Illustrator

You must package or collect all support files including fonts. True type and .dfonts are not acceptable and will be substituted with the closest equivalent. Do not apply style attributes to fonts. Use only standard Adobe fonts in PC-created documents. Convert all PMS spot colors used in any application to CMYK.

Images

All images must be submitted (grayscale or CMYK) as native Photoshop psd, EPS or TIFF at 300 dpi. (Images supplied at lower resolution will result in an inferior print quality that will not be the publisher’s responsibility.) Any images supplied as RGB, index, lab or containing color profiles will be converted to CMYK, which may result in an undesirable color shift. We cannot be responsible for files supplied in formats other than CMYK. Scaling, rotating or other image manipulation must be done prior to placement in the page layout program.

PDFs

PDF/X1-a files are acceptable only if they meet size, color and resolution requirements as detailed in the Image section above.

Proofs

For color-sensitive materials, a proof created to GRACoL 7 or SWOP specification is required. Ink jet and laser prints are acceptable for content only. We will not be responsible for color shifts on press if no approved color proof has been supplied.

FTP Site Information

Call for instructions.

Please ship materials and direct questions to the following:

The Ritz-Carlton Magazine c/o McMurry
Attn: Nicole Dean
McMurry Campus Center
1010 E. Missouri Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85014 Phone: 602-395-5850
Fax: 602-395-5853
nicole.dean@mcmurry.com