FTP

For your convenience and best results, please refer to the following guidelines when FTPing electronic files.

Please feel free to call (210)-333-1711 or Fax (210)-337-1132 or Email mmayfield@lithopress.net anytime with questions, suggestions or advice.

File Preparation:
File Format: Please submit your files in their native application. We have nearly all Desktop Publishing applications for both Windows and Macintosh. If you submit PDF files to us they must be PDF/X-1A compliant. Please note: there is an additional charge for files created in Microsoft Word, Exel, Powerpoint and Publisher.

Sending Files Electronically to Litho Press, Inc.You may send files for a new or existing job to our FTP server. Access to the server is restricted to our clients, and all access requires a username and password. Please review the following.To send files electronically to Litho Press, Inc., you will need the following:

Prepare the files you are sending
An FTP program installed on you computer
A Username and Password to the Litho Press, Inc FTP server
FILES MUST BE COMPRESSED AS ZIP OR STUFFIT TO ENSURE THEY MAKE THE TRIP.

Prepare the files:
It is important we have all the necessary files. If you are sending a QuarkXpress page for example, all the fonts, art, and hires images that are placed in the document are needed (Do not assume we have your fonts - like applications, there may be different revisions of a font which may flow differently). If these are Macintosh files, you should (Must for fonts) use an application to create BinHex or MacBinary versions of the files - the BinHex or MacBinary version is what you need to send. To create a BinHex versions of files you need one of the following utility programs:

Utility Name	License
DropStuff	Shareware
BinHex	Freeware

We suggest before trying to send the files, collect everything you want to send into a single folder (You can have folders within folders). Here are some tips with names to prevent potential problems:

Try to avoid long folder or file names, abbreviate (Example: Instead of 'Front inside cover northest edition', use 'Frnt-InCvr-NE')

Be sure all files/folder names start with an alphanumeric characters

Do not use special characters like ':', '/', and '\' - they may cause problems moving across machine platforms

Do not use leading or trailing spaces

An FTP program installed:
To send or receive files to an FTP server, your computer must have an FTP program installed. Like a web browser, the FTP program 'talks' to FTP servers on the internet. FTP programs aren't as sexy and popular as web browsers; therefore, your computer manufacturer probably did not install an FTP program on your system from the factory - and if they did it may be a crude and unfriendly text command line version. Fortunately, there are many - usually free or near free - options:

Platform	FTP Program Name	License
Mac	Transmit	Shareware
Mac	Fetch	Freeware
Mac	NetFinder	Freeware
Win	Voyager	Freeware
Win	ESFTP	Freeware
Win	CuteFTP	Shareware

Getting a Username and Password:
Requiring a username and password allows our servers to be expecting files from you, what those files are for, and who within our shop needs to know those files have been delivered.

Use the FTP Request Form (<-Click link) to create an account to access our FTP server. Upon completing the Request form, you will be given an ftp address, username and password to use to copy your files to our server. For security and verification purposes, the password will be emailed to you. After you have connected and sent you're files, the server will notify your Account Manager and your job will be started in our system.