Unfamiliar Print Specs

Unfamiliar Print Specs in Adobe Photoshop — with a ready prompt for the moment it comes up. 1 real situation leads here.

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The moments that lead here

If one of these is your afternoon, you are in the right place.

The district printer said my packet must be CMYK with bleed and the deadline is the end of the day; I haven't prepared for print like this before.

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Written for the moment this actually comes up.

Decide — diagnose the stuck moment

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I need to prepare a printable worksheet pack to the district's CMYK and bleed specs and the print…
I need to prepare a printable worksheet pack to the district's CMYK and bleed specs and the print office wants a PDF by close of business. Tell me step-by-step what absolutely must be changed—color profile, resolution, bleed, crop marks—and which step I must not flatten until the printer confirms. I need a checklist I can run through now so I don't create a file the printer rejects.

Who does this, and with what

The same task is different work inside a different job.

Teacher (classroom materials)Adobe Photoshop

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