Printing process
Newspaper offset printing according to the international standard ISO 12647-3

File format

Only digital submission of print materials as PDF/X-4 or PDF/X-3 is accepted. Color processing in the CMYK color space. Conversion from other formats may result in quality loss. All fonts, images and graphics must be embedded.

Please use Adobe PostScript Type 1 fonts or OpenType, not TrueType fonts.

Please provide the following information when submitting: client, sender and phone number, ad size, publication, category, publication date and the subject of the ad.

Total ink coverage maximum 240%

Dot gain
26% dot gain in the mid-tone range (40% original tone value).

Tone range
Light: 0%
First print point: 2%
At image completion: 3%
Last print point: 95%
Solid tone: 100%

Color: ISOnewspaper26v4.icc
Grayscale: ISOnewspaper26v4_gr.icc

Technical specifications (apply to all printing locations)
Max. paper weight: to be agreed in advance. Folding instructions: Folded inserts must have one closed side (longer side of the insert). Reply cards: must be glued on the inside, horizontally with a 20 mm distance from the fold, top and bottom.

Formats
Minimum format: 105 x 200 mm; Maximum format: 230 x 310 mm

Paper weight
Single sheets in the format 105 x 210 mm require a minimum paper weight of 170 g/m2 and uncoated paper. Single sheets in the format 210 x 297 mm (A4) require a minimum paper weight of 150 g/m2 and uncoated paper, or with a paper weight of 135 g/m2 they must be folded to a format of 148 x 210 mm. Larger formats require a paper weight of 60 g/m2 and must be folded to a maximum format of 235 x 320 mm or a minimum of 105 x 200 mm (A5).

Delivery DZZ Druckzentrum Zürich

• Tages-Anzeiger
• Zürichsee Zeitung
• Zürcher Unterländer
• Der Landbote
• Sihltaler/Thalwiler
• SonntagsZeitung (partial print run of 78’000 Ex. - from 2 February, 2025, total print run of 124,000 copies will be produced in the DZZ printing center in Zurich!)
• Finanz und Wirtschaft

DZZ Druckzentrum Zürich AG
Anlieferung & Beschaffung Tor 18
Bubenbergstrasse 1
8045 Zürich

Tel: 044 248 49 58, rota.logistik@tamedia.ch

The material reception at the DZZ is open Monday to Friday from 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Before public holidays, the goods reception closes at 12:00 PM. Delivery

Inserts must be delivered no earlier than one week and no later than four working days before the publication date.

Delivery DZB Druckzentrum Bern

• Berner Zeitung (all editions)
• Der Bund
• SonntagsZeitung (partial print of run 46’000 Ex. - from 2 February 2025, total print run of 124,000 copies will be produced in the DZZ printing center in Zurich!)
• Basler Zeitung
• Tribune de Genève (from 3 February 2025, Tribune de Genève will be produced at the DZB printing center in Bern)
• 24 heures (from 3 February 2025, 24 heures will be produced at the DZB printing center in Bern)
• Signé de Genève (from 3 February 2025, Signé de Genève will be produced at the DZB printing center in Bern)
• Le Matin dimanche (from 16 February 2025, Le Matin dimanche will be produced at the DZB printing center in Bern)

DZB Druckzentrum Bern AG
Warenumschlag Spedition
Zentweg 7
3006 Bern

Tel. 079 286 44 53, avor@dzb.tamedia.ch

The goods reception in the DZB is open Monday to Friday, 07:30 – 16:00. Before public holidays, the goods reception closes at 12:00

Delivery CIL Centre d’Impression Lausanne

• Tribune de Genève (from 3 February 2025, Tribune de Genève will be produced at the DZB printing center in Bern)
• 24 heures (from 3 February 2025, 24 heures will be produced at the DZB printing center in Bern)
• Signé de Genève (from 3 February 2025, Signé de Genève will be produced at the DZB printing center in Bern)
• Le Matin dimanche (from 16 February 2025, Le Matin dimanche will be produced at the DZB printing center in Bern)

Centre d’Impression Lausanne
Quai des imprimés n° 1
Chemin de Mochettaz 8
1030 Bussigny

Tel. +41 21 349 57 21, cil-bureautechnique@tamedia.ch

The goods reception at CIL is open Monday to Friday, 07:00 – 17:00. Before public holidays, the goods reception closes at 12:00