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 Art Specifications |
Digital Printing Specifications |
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The following information will give you some basic artwork knowledge so we can work efficiently with your art.
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We are operating under Macintosh System
OS X, OS 9.2 & Windows XP.
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Vector File (Illustration Art) |
True Vector Format, Outlined Fonts or
Attached Font Folder (Vector graphics are made up of lines and curves.)
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Raster Files (Bitmap Art) |
Hi Res. Image in Actual Size. Min. Res.
300DPI, No Duotone. (Bitmap graphics are made up of little squares called pixels)
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Freehand MXIllustrator
CS3Photoshop
CS3QuarkXpress
6.5InDesign CS3 We Do not Accept Coral D. & MS |
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ACCEPTABLE DISK MEDIA: |
CD & DBD100
& 250 MB Zip3
1/2" DisketteE-MailUSB
Storage Devices
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| COLOR INFO: |
Use the Pantone color matching system
(PMS) and specify coated (c) or uncoated (u) ink. Or supply a color swatch.
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REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRONIC MEDIA: |
All your documents and files must be
Macintosh formatted. Include a copy of all screen and printer
fonts used. Include all graphics, EPS and TIFF files required
to output film. It is important that a printed black and white
and/or color proof and color separations along with any other
special instructions accompany the disk. This will ensure that
all the correct information is contained on the disk and your
order will ship on time.
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| CAMERA READY ART: |
Clean black on white art board, with
sharp clean lines sized to fir the selected product. Laser
printer outputs of 600 dpi or higher are recommended.
Photocopies, letterheads, fax copies, business cards and
newsprint ads are not considered camera ready art.
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| TRAPPING: |
The Process of overlapping adjacent
colors to avoid registration problems. Trapping, also called
choke and spread, is necessary in screen printing. If you
submit your artwork on a Macintosh formatted disk we will
apply the recommended trapping of 1.5 pt. to your artwork.
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| BLEEDS: |
A bleed is considered when the image runs beyond the edge of the product. Therefore, we
require an extra 3/16” beyond the sealing edge of the product you are ordering. If your
artwork has excess floods, please contact your sales representative. Some inks will
compromise printing quality when flooding through hinge and sealing areas. FOILS AND
METALLIC INKS CAN NOT BLEED OR GO THROUGH THE HINGES!
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SCREENS- HALFTONES- GRADUATED SCREENS: |
Screens are percentages which range from 0%-100 of a specific ink color. Haltones are
images created by a variety of dots instead of solid ink coverage. Graduated screen fills are
areas of color that gradually change from light to dark. Screens below 10% will not print.
Screens higher than 80% will print solid. Please keep screens between 10% and 80%. If
artwork is submitted electronically we will apply the recommended specifications to achieve a
high quality imprint, unless otherwise specified. Resolution recommended at 1200 dpi, Line
screen recommended at 65 lpi, Screen Angle recommended at 22.5°.
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| FILM: |
If film is being submitted please follow the recommended specifications. Positive w/ emulsion
up, resolution recommended at 1200 dpi, line screen recommended at 65 lpi, screen angle
recommended at 22.5°.
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INK COLORS: TEXTURED & |
Since most color swatches are shown on a white background, it is sometimes difficult to
achieve the same hue when printing on a colored background.
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EXPANDABLE MATERIALS: |
As with any textured or expandable material it is sometimes difficult to reproduce small
type, thin lines, a good quality screen, foil stamp, RF stamp, or hold a tight registration.
When creating your artwork you must take into consideration the detail of the artwork and the
material it will be applied on. If you have any questions please call the art department.
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| DETAILED ARTWORK: |
As with any textured substrate it is sometimes difficult to reproduce small type, thin
lines, a good quality screen or detailed graphics. When creating your artwork you must
take into consideration the thickness of lines and size of fonts being used, especially fonts
with serifs. Lines less than 1.5 pt will compromise printing quality. Use the 1.5 pt line rule to
determine the size of the font. If you have any questions please contact the art department. Because of the metal in the foil and the metallic powder used in the inks, the RF in the sealing process will react with the metallic inks or foil used and can not bleed or go through the hinge area. Artwork must be a maximum size of the board dimension used. Please contact the art department for dimensions needed.
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COPYRIGHT INFORMATION: |
All artwork that appears on the enclosed medium (including, but not limited to disks, modem
transmission, or removable media) is unencumbered by copyrights. We the manufacturer
have full rights to reproduce the supplied content.
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The following information will give you some basic artwork knowledge about digital printing specifications so we can work efficiently with your art
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We are operating under Macintosh system OS x, OS 9.2 & Windows XP.
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PROGRAMS SUPPORTED |
Art files should be outlined fonts or attached font folder, overprint black (text & graphics) &
include all graphics, EPS and tiff files required to output the file
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| SOFTWARES: |
Freehand MXIllustrator CSPhotoshop CSQuarkXpress 6.5Pagemaker 7.0
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| WE DO NOT ACCEPT |
Files created in PowerPoint, Publisher, or similar programs, Coral Draw. & Adobe Indesign |
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| FILE INFO: |
Tiff files EPS files Jpeg files PDF files |
Hi Res. - Min. Res. 300 dpi - image in actual size. + Bleeds. Hi Res. - Min. Res. 300 dpi - image in actual size. + Bleeds. Hi Res. - Min. Res. 300 dpi - image in actual size. + Bleeds. Hi Res. - Res. 300 to 1200 - job option is print or press File in actual size. + Bleeds.
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Files created in PowerPoint, Publisher, or similar programs, Coral Draw. & Adobe Indesign - Can Print To PDF in the above setting
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| ACCEPTABLE MEDIA: |
CD & DVD 100 & 250 Mb zip 3 1/2” diskette *e-mail *USB storage devices
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| COLOR INFO.: |
We accept RGB & CMYK art - final output is better in CMYK.
We are using digital 4-color process machines, we have limitations in running spot & metallic
colors
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REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRONIC MEDIA: |
All documents and files must include a copy of all screen and printer fonts used. It is
important that a printed black and white and/or color proof along with any other special
instructions accompany the disk. This will ensure that all the correct information is contained
on the disk and your order will ship on time.
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CAMERA READY ART: BLACK ON WHITE COLOR |
Clean black on white art board with sharp clean lines sized to fit the selected product. Laser
printer outputs of 600 dpi or higher are recommended. Clean color art, on high Gloss or Matte photo paper printed on photo quality, min. 1200 dpi
Photocopies, letterheads, fax copies, business cards and newsprint ads are not considered camera ready art.
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| TRAPPING: |
No trapping required for digital output.
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| BLEEDS: |
If artwork exceeds finished cut size, we require a minimum of 3/16” beyond the final size edge
of the product you are ordering. If a special size products contact the art department to
discuss the suitable bleeds according to the printing size & media size.
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SCREENS-HALFTONES- GRADUATED SCREENS: |
Screens are percentages which range from 0%-100% of a specific ink color. Haltones are
images created by a variety of dots instead of solid ink coverage. Gradient screen are areas
of color that gradually change from light to dark. Screens below 5% will not print. Screens
higher than 95% will show as solid. Please keep screens between 5% and 95%.
We preferred the gradient art created in Photoshop vs. Freehand, Illustrator )
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COPYRIGHT INFORMATION: |
All artwork that appears on the enclosed
medium (including, but not limited to disks, modem
transmission, or removable media) is unencumbered by
copyrights. We the manufacturer have full rights to reproduce
the supplied content.
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| Digital Printing Hints: |
Since We print digital: -We may have color variation around 6% Between the proof & The Actual Printing - Big Solid flood areas not recommended as it may have banding (un consistent density of ink) - Since most color swatches are shown on a white background, it is sometimes difficult to achieve the same hue when printing on a colored background. - As with any textured substrate it is sometimes difficult to reproduce small type & thin lines, as good as smooth substrate.
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