Welcome to the CPX Technical Info Page.


CPX FTP Access Information

FTP or File Transfer Protocol is used to transfer data from one computer to another over the Internet, or through a network. We find FTP to be more efficient than using email attachments to send and receive documents to and from our clients.

FTP can be accessed anywhere* you have the internet therefore it is much more versatile, in addition there is no file size or file count limits as often encountered when using email.

Our FTP address is - ftp://cpx.com.au

For username and password information please talk to our CPX sales staff.

Apple Mac OS X
For Apple Mac users we recommend using Cyberduck as the Safari browser will not allow you to upload to an ftp site. Cyberduck is a free FTP and SFTP Browser for Mac OS X. Other Mac OS X browsers remain untested.

To Download this program please visit - http://cyberduck.ch/

Microsoft Windows
For Microsoft Windows users we recommend using FileZilla. Internet & Windows Explorer will function with our FTP site, however you may be blocked from accessing FTP sites by your I.T. Department.

Mozilla Firefox Browser will allow you to view FTP sites however it will not allow you to upload to an FTP site. Other Widows browsers remain untested.

FileZilla is a free FTP and SFTP Browser for Windows NT4, 2000 or XP.

To Download this program please visit - http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/

For more options in 'download only' access please refer to HTTP FTP below.

*You may be blocked from accessing FTP sites by your I.T. Department.

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CPX HTTP FTP Access Information (This feature is currently unavailable)

This form of FTP access is provided by CPX as an alternative means to downloading files from our FTP site for those that do not have ability to install FTP programs and/or have restricted access to FTP sites.

Our HTTP FTP address is - Unavailable

For username and password information please talk to our CPX sales staff.

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Portable Document Format (PDF)
Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Distiller & Microsoft Word.

Adobe Acrobat and pdf, have become the preferred standard for the distribution of documents. Adobe Acrobat is software that enables the exchange, management and printing of formatted documents regardless of computer platform.
It is not a layout program like Quark Xpress or InDesign. The Adobe Acrobat file format was created to manage and distribute documents across different computer platforms (Mac, PC, etc) using the internet, disks or other means and therefore is most versatile to work with.

Like most anything, if you put garbage into a process, you will get garbage out; and a PDF file is the same way. By starting out building your documents improperly, or with poor quality graphics, the resulting PDF will contain all of those bad elements.

We have created Distiller Profiles for your convenience. The two files provided are for Adobe Distiller 7 &8.

You will need to import these files to be able to use them.

Acrobat 7.0 Job Options
Acrobat 8.0 Job Options

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Recommended Fonts

Base fonts only are recommended (Courier, Courier-Bold, Courier-BoldOblique, Courier-Oblique, Helvetica (Arial), Helvetica-Bold, Helvetica-BoldOblique, Helvetica-Oblique, Symbol, Times-Roman, Times-Bold, Times-BoldItalic, Times-Italic, ZapfDingbats).

Type 1 fonts are recommended over TrueType. TrueType use, if necessary, should be restricted to the current MSOffice font set.

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Recommended Links

Sheridan (Digital Expert) has a very in depth amount of information about all aspects of printing with a focus on digital. You will see some of the information on this site used on this page.

http://dx.sheridan.com/advisor/main.html

Wikipedia has great history and similar details information to Sheridan (Digital Expert). A few links to topics are below, you can find more via the search function on the left side of the page once you have entered the site.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostScript

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Disclaimer

Links to third party web sites on cpx.com.au are provided solely as a convenience to our customers (user's). When a user uses these links, the user leaves cpx.com.au. CPX has not reviewed all of these third party sites, does not control, and is not responsible for, any of these sites, their content or privacy practices. CPX does not endorse or make any representations about the third party sites, or any information, services, or products found on the sites. If a user decides to access any of the linked sites, CPX encourages the user to read their privacy statements. The user accesses such sites at user's own risk.

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