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To ensure production of your graphics without delays and extra costs, please follow our guidelines below:

 

Photographic images

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Please set-up your photographic images at least 150 ppi at final size. For very large graphics viewed at a distance (murals, banners, etc) 100 -125 ppi will suffice. Do not create images larger than 300 ppi at final size. It will only create very large files without quality improvement benefits.

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Photographic images need to be in Adobe 98 RGB or Adobe sRGB. Do not set them up in CMYK.

 

Fonts

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Please save fonts as outlines or submit both printer and screen fonts.

 

Spot Colors, Gradations, Blends

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Please provide a Pantone Process Coated number for your spot colors. Do not use CMYK values.

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Gradations and blends should be created in Photoshop.

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Do not use Quark or Illustrator for this purpose as it might not correctly reproduce.

 

Hard Copy

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Always provide a hard copy so that we can check the layout, spelling, etc against the actual output.

 

Files

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We prefer files created in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. PDF and EPS files can also be used but limit us in making changes if needed.

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Photoshop and Illustrator files: Please be aware that if you flatten layers we might not be able to make corrections.

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We can work with files created in Word, Power Point and other Microsoft Office programs but have to convert them into PDF format. Depending on how the artwork was created, enlarging such files may be limited.

 

 

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