Copies in a Flash accepts most industry standard design applications which have been specifically developed for efficient high quality output. There are numerous inexpensive design applications available at many department stores and office supply stores which are meant for the home user but not suited to professional printing purposes. These applications are a good low cost solution for creating general purpose design for printing on standard consumer grade bubble jet or laser printers where professional quality is not paramount. However, these applications do not have the capabilities necessary to produce professional, high-quality, high-precision output or separations on commercial imagesetting equipment such as that which is utilized at Copies in a Flash.

Often, when files created by these types of applications are submitted to Copies in a Flash, they require a great deal of pre-press work to manipulate, adjust, correct and at times, completely rebuild the document in order to make it print-ready. This is especially so with documents requiring spot-color separations. This translates to slow turnaround for your project, and possible surcharges for prepress time.

File types which typically do not work well for producing color separations and commercial grade imagesetting equipment include:

• Microsoft Picture It
• Printmaster
• Print Shop

Contact us if you are uncertain about a particular application.