Paper and Plastic Promotional
Artwork guidelines
Submitted artwork should be production ready. Artwork that is not production ready will be corrected at a charge of $70.00 per hour. No charge is made for corrections completed in less than 30 minutes. Please read our guidelines carefully before submitting artwork.
Accepted applications and file formats:
| Application | File Format |
|---|---|
| Adobe Illustrator | .ai |
| Adobe InDesign | .indd |
| QuarkXpress | .qxd |
| Macromedia Freehand | .fh |
| Corel Draw | .cdr |
- We also accept:
- PDF, EPS, and TIFF files.
- JPEG, GIF, and PNG are not considered production ready.
Guidelines:
- One-color designs should be high-contrast compositions and accurately sized
- Vector artwork should be created in Illustrator or Freehand. If artwork is scanned, use a 1000 dpi resolution or higher for line art
- Photographic images should be created in Photoshop, using a 300 dpi resolution or higher
- As a general rule, higher resolution images are better - 72 dpi images cannot be used for printing
- Save your artwork in the native file format used by your application
- Fonts must be 8 points or larger
- We prefer you to send all actual fonts used, but we will accept fonts that are converted into outlines using Illustrator
- Use the PMS “coated” palette for spot color artwork. Do not build spot color artwork with the CMYK palette, as this will incur additional art time to correct colors.
- Send all images and fonts used for your design.
Mechanical artwork:
We accept mechanical artwork. Send high-contrast compositions that are sized accurately.
Submitting artwork:
We accept artwork by postal mail, email or online artwork transfer form. Emailed artwork must be less than 20mb. Please include the following information with your artwork:
- Company Name
- Contact Name
- Phone Number
- P.O. Number
- Product Part #
- Imprint Size
Use our online artwork transfer form to expedite production and help us better manage your artwork.
Artwork charges:
We bill $70.00 per hour to correct artwork that is not production ready. Corrections completed in less than 30 minutes will not be billed. Authorization is not sought on artwork charges of $70.00 or less, unless specifically requested. There is a $25 net charge for changes in artwork or copy once an order is typeset and ready for production.