INKY. - STEELBOOK SLIPCOVER TEMPLATE
Full wrap | outside face | single-sided | Template IC-SLP-STB v1.0
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START HERE
Open "START HERE.pdf" first. It shows you round the template,
explains every layer, and walks you through saving your PDF.

WHAT'S IN THIS PACK
  START HERE.pdf      Illustrated guide - read this first
  README.txt          This file
  1 Template\         The Photoshop template (PSD)
  2 Video Guides\     Step-by-step videos
  3 Specification\    Full artwork spec with the layout drawing
  4 Previews\         Pictures of the template and a finished PDF

AT A GLANCE
  Fits              Standard-size steelbook cases
  Prints            Outside face, full wrap, single-sided
  Finished size     317 x 171 mm
  Layout            Glue flap 13 / back 136 / spine 1 16 / front 136 /
                    spine 2 16 mm (left to right)
  Artwork area      310 x 171 mm, from 3 mm before the back-cover fold
                    to 3 mm past the right edge
  Bleed             3 mm onto the glue flap and past the right edge.
                    None at the top or bottom.
  Safe zone         3 mm from the cut edges and the folds
  Glue area         12 mm grey strip, printed by us - leave it clear
  Page              A3 landscape (420 x 297 mm), slipcover centred
  Resolution        300 ppi
  Colour            CMYK, Coated GRACoL 2006
  Send us           One PDF, A3 landscape

QUICK START
  1. Open the PSD in Adobe Photoshop. Read the on-screen card, then hide it.
  2. Design inside the YOUR ARTWORK group: back cover, spine 1 (shelf
     side), front cover, spine 2 (opening edge).
  3. Run backgrounds out to the orange bleed on the glue flap and the
     right edge, and keep text and logos inside the blue safe zones.
  4. Hide GUIDES and switch on FINAL CHECK to preview the cut slipcover.
  5. Hide the whole TEMPLATE group. Leave PRINT MARKS on.
  6. File > Save a Copy > Photoshop PDF. Preset: [High Quality Print].
     Compression: Do Not Downsample. Output: No Conversion.
  7. Attach the PDF to your Slipcover Printing order.

PLEASE DON'T
  - change the page size, resolution or colour mode
  - crop, resize or rotate the document
  - design over the grey glue area
  - add extra crop marks or bleed in the PDF settings
  - hide or delete the PRINT MARKS layer
Anything visible in your PDF is printed exactly as supplied.

HELP
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This template is free to use for designing artwork printed by
InkyCustoms. Please don't sell it, share it as your own or use it
for other print services.
(c) InkyCustoms (INKY.) 2026
