Camera Ready
means that your artwork is
designed and completed in a professional graphics program and is 100% ready for
production.
We do not consider work created in MS Excel, MS Word, MS
Publisher, MS Works, MS Powerpoint and other other general office applications
to be design quality and cannot successfully import this artwork for production.
As a general rule, if you submit these files they will be considered to be a "general
layout draft" and will be recreated in house and hourly art department
charges may apply at a cost of up to $50.00 per hr.
Vinyl Cut Signs and Artwork:
We ask that you send us Vector Art - (Line
Art) - this means that all images and designs are created in line art and
can be scaled accordingly with no disruption in image quality.
Our plotters are unable to cut vinyl from scanned
images because the cutting mechanism follows specific lines and paths from the
original image. If the art you are sending is for a digital print, please e-mail
at minimun 300 dpi and we will check the quality for printing and creating an
outline for cutting the edges and respond back to you with acceptability or
non-acceptability.
PLEASE BE SURE THAT ALL OF YOUR COPY (FONTS)
HAVE BEEN CONVERTED TO CURVES (OR OUTLINES) BEFORE YOU SEND US VECTOR FILES.
If we receive vector files with missing fonts and
do not have a printout or digital image of your artwork to reference, we are not
responsible for the change of artwork.
We accept vector files created in these
formats/applications:
Transferring MAC files for use on PC:
Since we are a Windows based graphics shop, there
can be some time consuming issues of file compatibility. If you are exporting or
saving from Adobe Illustrator please make sure that you check "For
Windows" and save down to Version 7 if you have the most recent
version. For additional assistance, please feel free to call our shop or
refer to your software instruction manuals.
Full Color & CMYK
Digital Prints:
For all images and non vector based artwork, we
suggest you submit Tiff files at (no lower than) 300 DPI and the correct size
for your signs or graphics. Please be aware that if your image is not the
correct size and of a low resolution, it can be rendered unusable if it does not
enlarge properly. If you can only supply the standard Jpeg format, please keep
your file at least 600 dpi and as large as possible to avoid any additional art
charges needed to recreate or clean up your images. We cannot cut images from
vinyl using graphic images such as Jpeg, Tiff or BMP, these would need a digital
output then added to the existing signage.
Full Color images can be created in RGB
(Red, Green, Blue) or CMYK
(4 color process - Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black) The CMYK
color space is more commonly used in color printers, due to the subtractive
properties of inks. This process requires additional CPU time to create and
generally have a much larger file size - so some artist commonly create artwork
in RGB. Please be aware that if your artwork needs to be converted to CMYK
before printing, your colors may not match your original artwork, We are not
responsible for this if a conversion is required.
Also, always include a color print (or mockup) of
the artwork you submit so that we may verify the image before printing.
We accept files created in these
formats/applications:
Current In-house Software:
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