Guide for Journal EICs & MEs: Printing a Journal

* KGL will return files sent for 1st Page Formatting within 3 business days.

* Sheridan has 5 full business days to prepare a Contract Proof, and this does NOT include the day they receive the files.

* Once an issue has received final approval, it usually takes 8-10 business days for Sheridan to complete printing of the issue and ship.

Sheridan Printing:
Mon- Fri : 8am - 5pm (Eastern)

Regularly Scheduled Closures:
New Year's Day
Good Friday
Memorial Day
July 4
Labor Day
Thanksgiving Day +
    Day after Thanksgiving
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
New Year's Eve

Library Staff:
Mon - Fri: 8am - 5pm (Eastern)

Regularly Scheduled Closures:
Memorial Day
July 4
Labor Day
Thanksgiving Day +
    Day after Thanksgiving
Christmas Day - January 1

Turn-Around Time -- Contract Proof to Print

File submission to receipt of Contract Proof – 5 business days

Corrections to 2^nd Contract Proof – 2 business days

Print/bind schedule – 8-10 business days.

The below production schedules refer only to the time it takes between submitting files for Contract Proof preparation and when an Issue is ultimately printed. The time you spend cite-checking, source-gathering, and editing an Article is separate from this, but should be set with this timing in mind.

The schedules below list the recommended dates you should aim for to submit files for the Contract Proof stage. If you are ready to go before these dates, that is fine, as the printer can hold an issue once it is finished so it can be sent out on a specific date.  

These schedules include a little leeway to account for any time needed to make corrections to a Contract Proof; but you are still urged to triple-check all files before submitting them for Contract Proof preparation to limit or eliminate the need for corrections.

Please keep in mind regularly scheduled dates that printer and library offices will be closed (especially around the end of the calendar year), as this will add more time to the production schedule.