1.
What is Camera ready artwork?
2.
What file types can you accept?
3. Why do you need a high resolution image?
4. Can I e-mail artwork to you?
To
avoid an art charge, camera ready artwork must be supplied.
Camera ready artwork
is high quaility black and white artwork printed on vellum or clear
film sized and ready to be processed by us for printing. If the
design is multi-colored, a separate B&W image is required for
each color. Addtional separations may be required for multi-colored
designs on dark garments.
Camera
ready artwork is not:
- *Photocopies
of any type
- *A
Fax
- *Business
cards or other printed items
- *Dirty
Artwork (smudges or marks)
- *Continuous
tone images: i.e., B&W and color photographs
- *Web
based graphics
We
will accept artwork supplied to us by the above methods, but an
art charge will be applied.
File
Types: - Images in vector format
such as files created in CorelDraw and Adobe Illustrator are the
preferred file types and in many cases we will not charge an art
charge if you send your artwork in this format. Please select PANTONE
colors when creating the file. You may alternatively supply us with
a high quality digital image (200 - 250 dpi at actual print size)
that has been separated into different layers or channels in a program
such as Adobe Photoshop. Do not use "anti-aliasing" which
blends the edges of text and other objects to make them appear softer.
In
order of preference, here is a list of file types we will accept
for artwork. We use the versions listed and we can use files created
by older versions as well:
- CorelDraw
12 - *.cdr
- Adobe
Illustrator 9 - *.ai, *.eps
- Adobe
Photoshop 6.0 - *.psd
- *.jpg
- *.tif
All
fonts must be converted to curves or paths. We operate on PC's only.
Please save your files accordingly.
Image
Resolution - High
resolution images (200 - 250 dpi at final print size) are required
in order to produce a clean, sharp print. Most images found on the
internet are 72 dpi, and will not look good when enlarged and printed.
Sending
Artwork by E-mail - If
your file is large please use Win-Zip
to compress it.
If
you have further questions please contact us at 1-800-353-1255
or
E-mail us using our
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