Yearbook Publisher-Custom Yearbook Printing

General 1. How much does the yearbook kit cost? The kit is free when you sign up. 2. Is there a minimum order? Yes, the minimum order is 100 yearbooks. You can have fewer books shipped, but the total cost will be the same as for 100 books. 3. May we design our own cover? Yes. Our Price Guide explains the cost breakdowns for printing a custom cover. 4. May we use images from a digital camera? Yes, as long as it is a high resolution camera. We recommend using a megapixel camera-one thats pixel resolution when multiplied equals at least a million pixels (for example 1600 x1200=1,920,000). 5. Does it cost extra to put our school name on the cover? No. If you are using one of our cover designs your school name is printed in black ink free of charge. 6. What if we want to sell ad space to help fund our yearbook? Do you have ad templates? Yes, we have templates that can be used for ads. 7. May we change your templates to fit our needs? Yes, templates may be modified to change one box into two or three (provided you use the same amount of space the original box used) for a nominal charge per page. If you modify more than 25% of the page, it will be considered a custom template for which there is an additional charge. Contact our support staff to get more information. There are no additional charges if you do not use all of the picture or text boxes on templates. 8. May we make our own templates? Yes. We can create custom templates for you based on your needs for an additional charge. 9. May we print on the back cover? No, unless you are creating a custom cover. Custom cover pricing includes printing on both the back and the front covers. 10. May we print on the inside of the covers? Yes, however there is an additional charge for this.		11. Do you provide clip art? Yes, we supply a large variety of clip art. For the Standard Plan, one piece of clip art is allowed for each page. Using more than one piece of clip art per page is allowed, but additional charges apply. There are no usage limits on clip art for the Cut and Paste, or Total Digital books. 12. May we use our own clip art? Yes, use of your own clip art is free if submitted digitally for Total Digital Plan books. It is also free when placed in a photo box for Standard Plan books. 13. May we use borders and backgrounds on the pages? Yes, we supply an interesting variety of borders and backgrounds for Standard and Total Digital plans. Use coordinated art work from one of the series, or mix and match to suit your tastes. Only montage pages cannot use backgrounds or borders. We can also include your custom backgrounds and borders for an additional charge. 14. May we include pictures from magazines, music CD covers or stickers in our yearbook? No. It is not legal for Walter's to publish any previously published (copyrighted) material unless you have supplied us with a signed release by the copyright owner. If a page includes copyrighted images and a written release for use is not included, you will be asked to remove or replace the images before we can print your book. Resolving possible copyright infringement may result in delaying your shipping date; if you're not certain about an image call our customer service people for help. 15. Do you have year-in-review pages? Yes, we offer the option of including 4 current event logs in the center of your yearbook. See your Price Guide for pricing information. 16. Do we get to see a proof copy of our book before it's printed? Proofs are provided for Standard Plan books only and are for "position only" purposes. The remaining plans allow you to see what your yearbook will look like before you send it to us. Text and image placement should be carefully checked throughout your proof or submitted materials to ensure a high-quality book.

Standard Plan 1. Do we need a computer? Only to enter your text. Data entry may also be done on most word processors.You will need to save your text in one of the following formats: Microsoft Word (.doc), Rich Text Format (.rtf), Text (.txt), AppleWorks (formerly ClarisWorks) or SimpleText and send it to us on the disk we provide. 2. May we use digital pictures and photographs? Yes, if they are high resolution.We recommend using a megapixel camera-one thats pixel resolution when multiplied equals at least a million pixels (for example 1600x1200=1,920,000). These photos need to be submitted on a 3.5-inch floppy disk, a Zip disk, a CD, or a Jaz disk. 3. May we include montage pages in our book? Yes, include as many as you like by following our instructions in the Standard Plan Yearbook Directory. 4. Do montages cost extra? No.		5. What if we want a photo to appear larger? Or, what if we want only a portion of the photo? We scan and enlarge (or reduce) your photos to fit for no charge. To indicate how you want the photo cropped, mark the area on a black and white photocopy of the original photo-there's no need to trim photos, in fact, we prefer you wouldn't. Cropping photos is another free service we provide. 6. Do we have to type the text in the type style (font) I want? No, we convert text to the type style you've chosen and entered on your Production Form. 7. May we make corrections after we receive our proof? Yes, all corrections resulting from errors by Walter's will be corrected at no charge. All corrections or changes requested that differ from the original copy you submitted (i.e., school's error) will gladly be made for a nominal charge.

Cut and Paste Plan 1. Should we use grid sheets for paste-up? No, grid sheets should not be used. For black and white books use the white paper provided in your kit. For full-color books use the colored design paper, the clear acetate or the black colored paper provided in your kit. We provide a grid sheet for alignment purposes only, not for pasting onto. 2. How close to the edge of the paper may we place our photographs? If you want your colored background to bleed off of the edge of the page, you will need to leave a 3/4" margin around the entire page when you paste up your photos and text. 3. What do you mean by "bleed"? Bleed refers to the color of the background going to the edge of the printed page.		4. How do we adhere images to the paste-up paper? Should we use rubber cement glue? We prefer double-sided tape, adhesive transfer tape, or any other non-waterbased, flexible adhesive. Any glue or tape on top of your photos or paper will appear as blemishes on your printed page. 5. What happens if we go outside the 3/4" margin with our montage or cut and paste page? The background color will not go all the way to the edge of the paper and some photographs made be partially cut off. 6. Do we get to see a proof copy of our book before it's printed? No, proofs are not provided for Cut and Paste Plan books as they are to be camera-ready when sent to us. In other words, what you see on your completed paste-up page is what we scan and print.

Total Digital Plan 1. Do we need to know a lot about computers? Yes, you should be familiar with your hard drive, the programs you are using, and how to effectively save images. 2. What programs may we use to create our book? Either QuarkXPress^TM (version 3.5 or higher) or Adobe® PageMaker® (version 6.5 or higher) are acceptable. Photoshop® is also required if you plan to scan or resize the images used in your yearbook. 3. How do we begin? Start by reading the entire Total Digital Plan Yearbook Directory provided when you sign up to publish a yearbook with us. Then set all of the preferences in either QuarkXPress^TM or PageMaker® as instructed. 4. Are support people available to help us if we encounter problems or have questions? Yes, phone support is available. Walter's gladly helps you with questions regarding our preferences, requirements, artwork, templates and image quality. However, we offer limited computer support and are not staffed to instruct first-time program users. For questions about computer programs, it's best to seek help on the internet or in your program's user manual. 5. May we modify Walter's templates? Yes. You have the freedom to alter them however you see fit as long as images and text stay within the 1/2-inch page margins. 6. Are we required to use Walter's templates and artwork? No. You may create your own templates and use any custom artwork that follows Walter's guidelines. 7. How do we access the template and artwork libraries provided on Walter's CD? Step-by-step instructions can be found in the free Total Digital Plan Yearbook Directory. Briefly, in QuarkXPress^TM you simply go under the "File" menu and select "Open." Locate the loaded CD and choose the desired library. QuarkXPress^TM allows more than one library to be open at a time. In PageMaker®, you go under the "Window" menu and select "Plug-in Palettes." Choose "Show Library" and from the new window's pull-down menu, locate the loaded CD and select the desired library. Only one library can be accessed at a time in PageMaker®. 8. Do images need to be in CMYK mode or may we submit them in RGB mode? Images need to be submitted to us in RGB mode. We will convert them to CMYK, here, free of charge. 9. At what resolution should our images be? Every image should be 300 dpi (dots per inch) at the actual size the image will appear in your book. You can check this in Photoshop under "Image" and "Image Size".		10. How should images be named? Each image, whether it's a student portrait or a candid photo, should have a unique name and be no longer than eight characters. This is critically important! Even if you save your images in separate folders, in the end they will all be combined into one folder. If images have the same name they will save over each other when merged into the same folder. The results will be the losing of one or more images and, subsequently, the linking of incorrect images in your document. We recommend using a simple formula for naming images; for example, name your images first by the page number they will appear on, followed by an underscore, and second by position number on the page. As an example, the five JPEG images to be placed on page 18 would be named: 018_01.jpg, 018_02.jpg, 018_03.jpg, 018_04.jpg, and 018_05.jpg. 11. How will we know if our images are correctly linked? In QuarkXPress, under the "Utilities" menu, choose "Usage" to see a list of all of the images used in the document. It should all say "OK" under the image status. If it says "missing" or "modified", you will need to update each image before re-saving the document. In PageMaker, under the "File" menu,choose "Links Manager" to see the list of all the images used. It should say "OK" if they are linked correctly, but have a question mark if they are not linked. It is very important that PageMaker users do NOT store a copy of each image in the document. To ensure this doesn't happen, follow the preferences listed in the Total Digital Plan Yearbook Directory we provide. 12. In which file format should we save our images? Walter's accepts several file formats, but the preferred format is a JPEG file with the compression set at 12(maximum). The images will take up the least amount of space, and this allows you to write only one or a few disks. You may also save images as TIFF or EPS files. These file format options should be accessible in Photoshop through a pull-down menu within the "save" or "save as" pop-up window. 13. How should we save our yearbook document? Your yearbook should be saved in sections with 16 pages per section; for example, 1-16, 17-32, 33-48, etc. Name the document with your job number and page section; for example, 3209 1_16. 14. How do we submit our final yearbook to you? You may submit your completed digital yearbook on CDs, Zip disks or Jaz disks. You must also send us a printed copy (hard copy) of your book (that you've proofed for errors, and text and image placement) along with all of the digital images used in your document, any custom fonts you've used and the completed Production Information Form. The hard copy you send to us does not have to be printed in color-a laser printed copy will work just fine. 15. Do we get to see a proof copy of our book before it's printed? No. We use the hard copy you send in with your completed materials as a proof to check the final product against. You should keep a hard copy for yourself as well as a copy of the digital files you submit. If you discover errors or changes you'd like to make after your book has been submitted, please call us to see what we can do.