Welcome to The Learning Center
Need help with your layout? Having problems sending us your files? Not sure how to setup your direct mail piece? Here you can download tutorials, guides and templates to make your experience with FolgerGraphics nice and easy.
Design Help and File Preparation
We prefer to be sent High Resolution PDF files for printing. PDF files are a universal file type for both Mac and Windows PCs and contain all the printing information we need. If you send us a PDF file, please open up your PDF after it is generated and double check that it is the correct size, has all the correct bleeds (if necessary) and all the graphics and type look correct. See below for our guidelines for preparing your Adobe InDesign files and making a PDF before sending us your files.
Other acceptable file formats are: Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe PageMaker, QuarkXpress, Microsoft Publisher, and Microsoft Word.
Preparing Your Indesign File for FolgerGraphics (Download PDF 1.33MB)
Graphic Design Glossary of Terms (Download PDF 183KB)
Press Signature Pages Layout Templates (Download PDF 1.8MB)
Don't have Photoshop or any other image editor? Try out Pixlr to edit your images.
Design Templates
To download one of these design templates:
Mac Users: use CONTROL-CLICK, "Save Link As ..."
PC Users: use RIGHT CLICK; "Save Target As ..."
Business Cards
3.5" x 2" Business Card PDF / JPG
Postcards
4" x 6" Postcard PDF / JPG
5" x 7" Postcard PDF / JPG
5.5" x 8.5" Postcard PDF / JPG
6" x 9" Postcard PDF / JPG
Tri-fold Brochures / Menus
8.5" x 11" Tri-Fold Brochure
Inside PDF / JPG
Outside PDF / JPG
8.5" x 14" Tri-Fold Brochure
Inside PDF / JPG
Outside PDF / JPG
11" x 17" Tri-Fold Brochure
Inside PDF / JPG
Outside PDF / JPG
Sending us your files
The easiest way to send us your files is by emailing them to your FolgerGraphics Project Manager or to prepress@folgergraphics.com. The file size limit for emailing your files is 10MB and you may receive an error message if you are sending larger files.
For larger files, FTP is the way to go. If you already have an FTP Client and are comfortable using it, we recommend that you stay with it. All you will need is the configuration and login information, which you can obtain from FolgerGraphics. If you are new to FTP, just give us a call and we will do what we can to get you set up. If you are already setup with an FTP account with us, click on the SEND US FILES link above and you will be taken to the login page. For help using our FTP site, click here.
If you are not comfortable using FTP to send us your large files, we recommend using the site www.yousendit.com. It's a free site for sending large files from one person to another. When sending files using www.yousendit.com you can have the files sent to your Project Manager's email address or prepress@folgergraphics.com.
If you already have an FTP site of your own or access to a Large Document File sharing site like yousendit and need us to download the files, please email your FolgerGraphics Project Manager or prepress@folgergraphics.com with the download information.
If you have any questions preparing your artwork and can't find the answer here, contact your Print Project Manager or email the prepress department at prepress@folgergraphics.com
