Supplying audio at the highest original sampling rate and bit depth is something that should be at the top of the list to consider when creating a vinyl master. We can cut from audio files at resolution of up to a192 KHz sampling rate and 32 Bit depth.
Up-sampling does not help the quality, but rather sending files at the highest rate they were recorded at during tracking and mixing will benefit the project.
You can send us audio files peaking near 0 dBFS, but leave at least 0.1-0.5dB headroom for D/A conversion.
With that in mind it is actually best to not use hard-limiters (brickwall, peak limiters) to a great extent.
We have to reduce the cutting levels if there are a lot of heavily limited sections in the supplied audio.
A good and safe dynamic range is around DR12 but if mixed and (pre-)mastered well, it can be up to DR8 for some genres.
The project should be in phase, out of phase audio can cause skips during playback.
Bass below 300 HZ and Treble over 18KHz tend to be areas that need addressed. It is typical to use an elliptical EQ on low range bass during cutting generally up to 150Hz and low pass filters on treble over 18KHz.
Sibilants are also problematic, so de-essing is recommend especially on tracks near the inside of the record which are at risk for inner ring distortion ( the grooves toward the inside of the record distort more easily than the ones near the outside).
When building the track list louder tracks normally fair best at the start of a side and quieter tracks toward the inside of the record near the label.