Monochrome manuscripts: Duotone/grayscale Monochrome manuscripts (when printing books): Duotone The following color depths (color modes) are usually used. Using resolutions larger than the above is not recommended unless the finished print is large (such as posters), as the file will become very large. The following resolutions are usually used. If, for example, you are publishing a work as a “commercial manga & e-book”, the data should be produced in B4 size, but A4 size is adequate if you are publishing a “fanzine & e-book”.Ĭarefully consider how you will publish the work before deciding on the size. However, enlarging data can cause issues such as pixelated lines. The size depends on the purpose or the publishing method, but care needs to be taken when publishing the same file with multiple methods.įor example, commercial manga data produced in B4 size can easily be converted to A4 size for a fanzine, as this is simply a matter of reducing the size. This count includes cover pages 2 and 3 even if they are blank.Ĭommercial manga: B4 pages (finished in A4) Also, be aware that in most cases, cover page 1 is counted as the first page and cover page 4 is counted as the last page.

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