Portable Document Format (PDF)

A PDF ensures that your printed or viewed file retains the formatting that you intended. Please ensure that your PDF preference is set for press quality. This will ensure that fonts and images are embedded and that no data loss occurs during the printing process. All files should be sent through at 300dpi (preferred) as a minimum. Maximum 450-600 dpi. For the best results with photos, under 150dpi is not advised. 300dpi is better. If you are using Adobe Indesign to design your book, please ensure that the internal text pages are not sent through as spreads. Covers must be supplied as a single PDF, not as 3 pages such as back cover, spine and front cover. To work out the size of your cover, please use our cover and spine width calulator.

HOW TO SAVE AS PDF ON YOUR COMPUTER

To send a PDF for printing, you MUST save the fonts you used in the PDF, so the document looks exactly the same on our machine as it does on your computer. Here’s how to do it:

Mac Word

Word>Preferences>Save>Font embedding check (tick) “Embed fonts in the file" and uncheck “Only embed the characters used in the file”.

The difference is only about 100kB and the possibility of missing one is a risk.

PC Word

File>Options>Save>Preserve fidelity when sharing this document: then check “Embed fonts in the file” and uncheck the following two options ("Embed only the characters used…” and “Do not embed common system fonts”)

These settings are commonly used when you setup your file size using Adobe InDesign:

First, set your documents up correcty. Go to File>Document Setup, and specify your document width and heigh. This is the actual finished size of your prinited piece. In other words, this is the acutal size the document will be trimmed down to once it's printed and trimmed. Now set your bleed up at 3mm for all edges, and set your slug up at 10mm for all edges. Slug is often overlooked but is really important for when you finally export your documents to a PDF - you will see why shortly.

Save your document set up settings and your should now notice your have a page view that shows a black line around your page - this is the finished page size. Image that when printed, your design is going to get trimmed on this black line - anything outside the black line gets trimmed off. You should also see a red line. This is the bleed line. If you have any background images or background colour, the image or block of colour cannot just finish on the trim line, but instead, it must extend past the trim line by 3mm (all the way to the red line).

Onnce you have created your design, your last step is to export the document as a PDF. If you are outputting to print, a resolution of 350dip is more than enough resolution for your images. Your text and vector objects won't be affected by the resolution setting (they will come out perfectly sharp regardless of the resolution).

These are the traditional sizes we tend to use in the book publishing process in Australia and New Zealand:

• Mass-market Paperback (108mm x 108mm)
• Demy Size (139mm x 216mm)
• Crown Quarto (189mm x 246mm)
• US Trade (152mm x 228mm)
• Legacy Standard (203mm x 254mm)
• Square (180mm / 216mm / 230mm Square)
• A4 (210mm x 297mm) Either Portrait or Landscape
• A5 (148mm x 210mm) Either Portrait or Landscape

Softcover Paperbacks which includes fiction novels

Paper type: Off white or white uncoated stocks in 70, 80, 90 or 100gsm. Creme book stock is not available for short run digital printing in Australia and New Zealand.

Non Fiction Novels

Paper type: Off white or white uncoated stocks in 70, 80, 90 or 100gsm. Creme book stock is not available for short run digital printing in Australia and New Zealand.

Childrens Books

Paper type: Coated 128 or 150gsm coated. 135gsm Revive Laser or 120gsm uncoated.

Coffee Book, Family History, Cook Books, Magazines, Annual Reports and Technical or Training manuals.

Paper type: Any text stock above 100gsm is suitable for these books. For books which contain photographs stocks above 128gsm are advised.

Our Stock Avalialbe

Pacesetter Laser Recycled

Pacesetter Laser Recycled is a high quality paper, suitable for a variety of uses. Its formation of fibre provides a smooth white surface for offset printing. Pacesetter Laser Recycled is 30% recycled and made up from elemental chlorine free bleached pulp which is PEFC™ certified sourced from sustainably managed sources. It is manufactured by an ISO 14001 certified mill.

Revive Laser- Off white

Revive Laser is a 100% recycled uncoated grade with good opacity, stiffness and an excellent surface for printing. Revive Laser is 100% Recycled, and is manufactured from FSC® Recycled certified fibre. Certified Carbon Neutral by the Department of Environment under the National Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS). Made in Australia by an ISO 14001 certified mill. No chlorine bleaching occurs in the recycling process

Pacesetter Coated Satin

Pacesetter Coated delivers consistently reliable press performance. Pacesetter Coated is an FSC® Mix Certified paper, which ensures that all virgin pulp is derived from well-managed forests and controlled sources. It contains elemental chlorine free bleached pulp and is manufactured by an ISO 14001 certified mill.

Speciality Paper Stocks

We do offer speciality paper stocks for certain unique book print requirments, but these stocks will likely be to order. We need to quote as per job requirements.

Endpapers For Case Bound Books

The endpapers or end-papers of a book (also known as the endsheets) are the pages that consist of a double-size sheet folded, with one half pasted against an inside cover (the pastedown), and the other serving as the first free page (the free endpaper or flyleaf). Thus, the front endpapers precede the title page and the test, whereas the back endpapers follow the text. They have a decorative purpose too. When combined harmoniously with a book's covering material and its headbands, they contribute to the overall aesthetic design.

At RanzPrint we recommend printing only enough books to supply you for about a 6 month period, you can always ask us to print more if books sell well. Most of the orders we receive are from experienced authors are between 250 upto 500 and in most instance for self publishing authors 100 - 150 books. Frankly speaking, RanzPrint cannot predict how well your book sell. So marketing your books wisely is vital to their success. There are professional services available to assist.

• Paperback Soft Cover Perfect Books - We recommend authors to order minium of 100 books to get our factory discounted rate.
• Case Bound Hard Cover Books - We recommend authors to order minium of 50 books to get our factory discounted rate.
• Hard Case Menu Covers - We recommend clients to order minium of 30 covers to get our factory discounted rate.
• Hot Foil Stamp Books - We recommend authors to order minium of 100 books in order to cover the Foil cast block making cost.
• Saddle Stitched Books - We recommend clients to order minium of 50 books to get our factory discounted rate.
• Diary Book and Journal Books - Quantity as per POA.

At Ranz Books and Print, we have the latest state or art printing and book binding equipments to meet our quality commitment to clients. We print all types of books digitally and there are two major technologies we use mainly:

Digital Print - Laser

We use this technology mainly to print on coated paper stock, which gives very sharp image and vibrant colour as well. The colour looks semi gloss on paper. Suitable mainly for Coffee Book and Photo Book, or any other book which has many good quality photos inside, such as Cook Book, Journals, Magzines, Product Catalogue, etc.

Digital Print - Inkjet

We use this technology mainly to print on uncoated paper or off white paperstock, majority of book printers globly to use this technology to produce their books these days. The reason is very cost - effective to meet on demand book printing. This technoloy still produce reasonable colours. The colour looks very matt on paper. Suitable mainly for all publication books with few photos or charts, but majority of content are text. Such as Novels, Fiction or Non Fiction, Family Historical, Tranining Manuals and Business documents, etc.

We require all payments to be paid to RanzPrint up front in order for us to commence the job. Unfortnately we cannot be hold liable for any delay of your book print job if we did not receive the payment from you when due for payment.

Order and Payment Process

Please click the QUOTE button for make an enquiry, then we will email customer a quote via our online quoting system. Once customer confirmed to proceed with the quote, we will generate an Tax Invoice for payment (our online banking details are on the invoice for your payment reference), or if you are based in Melbourne, client can choose to make payment at our office via Eftpos facility. Once payment received, we will start the book production.

Trade Credit Account

If you are a regular book purchaser or a publishing agency require reguarly services from us, we do offer trade account for 7 days or 14 days payment terms (we do not offer any payment terms above 14 days). However all appliations are subject to our credit approval. If you are interested, please email: accounts@ranzprint.com.au

We offer courier services for book delivery within Australia and New Zealand. Most of our 3rd party courier providers are deliver ontime with the goods in its original and best condition. However, nothing is perfect. There are times where things can happen that are out of our control once a courier or freight service is used.

Courier Cost

We used 3rd party local courier service providers to offer delivery service on behalf of customer request. Our book print quote does not include any courier service cost within Australia or New Zealand. Thus all courier fees will be additional cost and pass on to customer directly to pay before shipping. (But please feel free to book your own couriers and pickup from our warehouse if you perfer this way, or alternatively you are most welcome to collect the books from our warehouse in person if this option is avaliable to you as well).

Courier Service

Once we have book the courier on behalf of you as customer, we will provide you all related details include tracking information via email. Please note these courier details are provide by our 3rd party local courier service providers, hence we do not have any input to what they have told us. Once the goods left our warehouse which pickup by the courier provider person, please understand we have no control over it anymore, we cannot hold liable for any delay or damage of goods during transport.

Our commonly used courier providers are: AustraliaPost Express, TNT RoadExpress, TNT International, CourierPlease, TollExpress, AlliedExpress.

Courier Insurance

We do recommend all customers to take an extra cost for courier insurance when we book the courier service for you, they are usually not very expensive cost to add on. But however wether you require an insurance yes or no, it is solely depends on your final decision. Once you have taken the insurance, our warehouse team will take some photos for you before the goods leave the warehouse in case for your future reference when required.

Ranz Print's work begins as soon as your order is confirmed, as such; cancellations are subject to costs for work performed to the point where the order can be concluded.

Any claim for incorrect print, quantity, damaged goods or non delivery must be made within 7 days of receipt of the goods by the customer.

Where an order placed is determined to be incorrect as a result of Ranz Print’s production process, Ranz Print may choose to reprint components of the order affected by print industry specific complications such as ghosting, smudges, ink weight, pagination etc. Where a component of the order or the entire order is re-printed for such industry specific complications, no changes in copy, quality, quantity, or any such detail can be accommodated. Additional costs for reprint will be charged where errors in print arise due to artwork issues created by the customer such as typographical errors, poor image quality, multi page misalignment etc.

Liability for any claim against Ranz Print is limited, at Ranz Print sole discretion, to;

a) Resupply of the faulty goods, or

b) Repairing the goods or

c) Refunding or crediting any component determined by Ranz Print to be of no commercial good.

Your liability as the customer in the resupply of print may include additional costs where previous components have been included at sale or discounted prices where those conditions cannot be replicated. Ranz Print does not accept liability for any third party loss, damage or cost including legal costs whether direct, indirect or consequential, arising from:

(a) the printing or delivery of any of the goods

(b) any failure to print or deliver any goods

(c) late completion, or late delivery of an order

(d) the repossession or sale of any of the goods

For representations or warranties which cannot be excluded by law, Ranz Print’s liability is limited to those provisions in this policy.