Send all Illustrator and Freehand art files as EPS with fonts converted to outlines.
* Illustrator's native AI format, to version 10.0, is accepted.
* CorelDraw users must "Save as..." Illustrator AI files, with the "(Export) Type as Curves" option selected. Select the highest version of Illustrator you can export, version 8.0 if available in your version of CorelDraw.
* Do not send other programs' files as EPS. This can damage your art or impair our ability to print and/or edit it.
* Do not embed bitmaps/scans in vector art files.
When acceptable digital art is not available, camera-ready hard art reduces (and sometimes eliminates) art charges, and helps to ensure a satisfactory imprint. Read the requirements below, then click here for how to mail your art to us.
Camera ready art IS:
* Complete, at actual imprint size, requiring no touch-ups, changes, or typesetting
* Same as above, requiring minimal re-sizing
* Complete layouts, not pieces requiring assembly
* Crisp line art or properly registered separations printed in black to:
* a laser printer on smooth white paper (not photocopier paper) at 600 dpi or greater, unfolded
* film positives or negatives
* repro paper, PMTs or "slicks"
Camera-ready art IS NOT:
* Anything requiring changes, typesetting or color separating
* Graphics or photographs you found displayed on a website
* Inferior quality art that has been re-sampled or re-sized, then printed in an otherwise acceptable way
* ink-jet printer or dot-matrix printer output
* Photocopies, textured paper, faxes, photographs, newsprint, business cards
* Very small but otherwise clean art requiring substantial enlargement (>200%)
* Full-color output of any kind, or halftones (dot patterns) printed on paper or film
* Any composite (non-separated) multicolored item printed as grays
* Cloth, art printed with metallic inks or foils, textured inks, raised lettering
* Rough hand-drawn art (unless that's how you want it to look)
* Anything stapled, folded, paper-clipped, taped or written on
* Imprinted products
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Note: Digital Camera photos are generally of very low resolution and overall quality, and should only in CMYK or single-color halftone-capable printing processes. For most imprint methods, they cannot be used at all. They are acceptable if they meet the resolution requirements for the product being imprinted. You may call us for assistance (207-990-6022) before you take the picture.
* Use the highest possible resolution (image density) your camera allows.
* Save the image as a .tif file, if possible.
* Don't re-sample or compress digital camera images, or save them as GIF, BMP or JPEG* files. These formats distort the image, destroy color information and reduce the overall quality of your image in order to reduce file size. (*If TIFF is not an option, you can save the image as a JPEG at the maximum quality setting, little or no compression).
* Do not edit digital camera images in any way, or try to correct sharpness, brightness or color.
* Do not add text or other art to a digital camera photo. Send any copy or other pieces of art separately and we can combine them.
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Other files, including those created in Word, WordPerfect, Excel, Print Shop, Print Artist, PowerPoint, any other word processing, database or presentation program or other non-commercial graphics program are not acceptable art files.
If your program supports Exporting or Saving as one of the file formats we do accept, the file may work. We will need to evaluate the file first, as many consumer-level programs do not accurately support these file formats.
You can use your word processing program to save personalization lists or blocks of unformatted ad copy for us to style and layout. Select "Save As..." from the file menu in your word processing program and select Text Only, Plain Text or Unformatted Text, and send that file to us.
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