Upload Specifications

Filenames

The input feeds should be uploaded with the following filename structure:

  • pubcode_on-sale-date(_optional ID).pdf (or)

  • pubcode_on-sale-date(_optional ID).zip

  • Pubcode: A short code for each title to be selected by X-CAGO;

  • On-sale-date: The date on which the feed should be published. The on-sale-date should be written as YYYYMMDD;

  • PDF/ZIP: The file should one PDF containing all the pages or one ZIP containing all the individual pages;

  • Optional ID: An optional file ID.

Directory structure

The feeds with above indicated filenames should be placed in the following directory structure: /pubcode/pdf/

  • /pubcode: A short code for each title to be selected by X-CAGO;

  • /pdf: A pdf subfolder containing the zip or pdf as per above instruction.

Schedules
X-CAGO needs to receive publication schedule(s) up front for all issues that are to be published. The feeds received should match the title/pubcode and on-sale-date as specified in the schedules to be able to import them. X-CAGO will make an example available to Customer.

Please see: schedule template information for more information on schedules.

The feeds received should match the title/pubcode and on-sale-date as specified in the schedules to be able to import them, the edition should be complete and all pages should be in the correct reading order.

PDF Guidelines for XML conversion

Text (only applicable for digital born files):

  • All text and fonts should be fully embedded in the PDFs;

  • Text should not be flattened, rasterized or paths;

  • All text will be extracted as-is from the PDFs. If Glyphs or fonts are used that change the look and output of a character, the character will be extracted as is. This causes some small-caps fonts to be rendered as lower-case for example. Ensure that the characters used are upper-case in these instances, so the extracted text will be upper-case as well.

Images Text (only applicable for digital born files):

  • Flattening of images and/or layers should be avoided, so images can be extracted as separate items;

  • Down-sampling should be avoided where possible. For file size reasons, some down-sampling is preferred. Ensuring a crisp look at max 2400px width or height for large images is the goal;

  • 300DPI+ images are preferred as long as the size of the feed does not exceed ~300MB. If the feed exceeds 300MB in size, please do down-sample the images to around 150DPI and/ or use better compression.

PDF:

  • No security should be used;

  • Compression is fine;

  • All pages should be single-page;

  • All pages should be in the correct order;

  • Trim boxes should always be set correctly to display only the relevant page information with no bleed or overlap with the opposite page of the spread.