Specifications include, but are not limited to: PRINTING SERVICES: o Three issues in 2024 (Spring/Summer, Fall, Winter) o 133 LPI output/printing or greater o Paper: 40# Gloss (all – 40# self cover) OR SIMILAR PAPER o Approximately 82,000 copies per issue o Spring/Summer Issue: 56 Page Program Guide Format trimmed to 8 ¼” x 10 ¾” – bleeds o Fall Issue: 48 Page Program Guide Format trimmed to 8 1/4x10 ¾ – bleeds o Winter Issue: 48 Page Program Guide Format trimmed to 8 1/4x10 ¾ – bleeds PREPRESS SERVICES: o Download and output from customer files and provide mock-up proof of all pages. Provide press calibrated digital color proof on all four-color pages. City to provide native or PDF files, fonts, linked and embedded graphics from Adobe CC InDesign. Vendor is responsible for accurate output of all pages. This includes problems related to slow output, difficulty outputting, incorrect output of graphics, fonts, etc. unless City failed to provide the correct fonts and/or graphic image files prior to output. BINDERY/DELIVER SERVICE: o Stitch and Trim to 8 ¼”x10 ¾” o Skid pack mail copies, bundle tie customer copies o Prepare top sheets for postal mailing o Prepare mail paperwork for carrier routes per customer provided carrier route list o Provide 1 copy of final paperwork to Haleigh Elliott and City of Kent Multimedia Services. o Deliver before 12:00 p.m. (within regular business hours) on the specified date of each issue as follows: ~78,000 to Kent Post Offices for Simplified Bulk Mail for carrier routes specified in/around Kent, WA. ~2,000 to Kent Post Offices for Addressed Mail to a list we provide. Remaining quantity - Approximately 2,500 to the Kent Commons Community Center, 525 4th Avenue North Kent, WA 98032. Proof copies to: Kent City Hall, 220 4th Avenue South, Kent, WA 98032 Attn: Haleigh Elliott
