The magazine is printed by a 4-colour process (CMYK) and contains Lube-Tech, a centre-page technical bulletin, which does not contain advertising.
Advertisements will be accepted for publication in full colour or black and white. Any special requests for 'Spot' colours will incur extra charges.
Magazine size: A4 297mm high x 210mm wide
Bleed size: 303mm high x 216mm wide
Live matter area: 265mm high x 182mm wide
| Type area adverts | Height (mm) | Width (mm) |
| Double page spread | 265 | 392 |
| Whole page | 265 | 182 |
| Half page (portrait) | 265 | 88 |
| Half page (landscape) | 129 | 182 |
| Third page (portrait) | 265 | 58 |
| Third page (landscape) | 85 | 182 |
| Quarter page (portrait) | 129 | 88 |
| Eighth page (landscape) | 63 | 88 |
Please ensure that all Whole Page A4 bleed adverts have 3mm 'bleed' on all sides. ALL live matter i.e. text or logos should be kept within the live matter area - 265mm high x 182mm wide.
All artwork should be supplied as High-Resolution PDF files, Minimum 300 ppi in CMYK format, with all fonts embedded. RGB Format is NOT acceptable. Pages should contain accurate crop marks that are true to Lube Magazine’s trimmed size 297mm high x 210mm wide. All PDFs must be single pages and NOT spreads.
PDF files can be supplied by FTP, email or CD-ROM together with either a Matchprint, Cromalin or Laser colour proof; or a bromide proof for black and white adverts. Hard Copy proofs should be sent by mail to our office for all emailed artwork.
Lube Magazine has a FTP website for artwork uploads, please contact us for details.
Any work undertaken to adjust copy not supplied as a PDF, to comply with Lube Magazine's mechanical specification, will incur extra financial charges levied either on the advertiser or their agent. We will invoice these extra charges, plus local Value Added Tax (VAT) at an hourly rate for any such corrective work undertaken.
Lube Magazine will be pleased to supply quotations for any artwork that clients require. Artwork will be priced at competitive commercial rates. Colours are matched to the Pantone® Matching System. Reproduction materials supplied will be returned on request.
Please send your artwork to:
Lube Magazine
Berkhamsted House
121 High Street
Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire, UK
HP4 2DJ
Tel: +44 (0)1442 230589
Fax: +44 (0)1442 259232
lube@ukla.org.uk
www.lube-media.com
