Ad Sizes & Mechanical Specifications

Washington Life finished (trim) size:
10" x 12"

Full page ad with bleed (edge-to-edge):
Finished (trim) size: 10 1/8" x 12 1/8".
This allows for 1/8" bleed around the ad and a 25" live area.

Half page, horizontal:
9" wide x 5.4" deep

Half page, vertical:
4.4" wide x 11" deep

Quarter page:
4.4" wide x 5.4" deep

Mechanical Specifications

Adobe Acrobat PDF Files: We recommend files generated using Adobe Acrobat 4 and Acrobat 5 using the specific Distiller Job Options settings listed below.

• All items not mentioned should be turned off, set to default or to none. Use the Distiller Postscript Description (PPD)
• Distiller Job Options Settings
  1. General - Compatibility: Acrobat 3 - Optimize PDF - Resolution: 2400 dpi - Binding: Left
  2. Compression - uncheck all three Bicubic Downsampling (Resampling) boxes (Color, Grayscale, and Monochrome Bitmap Images) - Compression for Color and Grayscale Bitmap Images is JPEG, Quality: Maximum. Compression for Monochrome Bitmap Images is CCITT Group 4 - Compress Text and Line Art box should be checked
  3. Fonts - Check the Embed All Fonts box - Check the Subset All Embedded Fonts box and specify Below 100% - When Embedding Fails specify Cancel Job - for Embedding specify Base 14 Fonts - Always and Never Embed should remain empty
  4. Color - for Conversion, specify Leave Color Unchanged - for Options, Preserve ALL
  5. Advanced - for Options, select Allow PostScript file to Override Job Options - for Document Structuring Conventions (DSC) specify Process DSC Comments, Preserve EPS Information from DSC, and Preserve Document information from DSC