CONVENTIONAL CARDS ART SPECS & TEMPLATE
BC Conventional Colour Cards
(90mm x 54mm) (3.5in x 2.1in)
Please Note : All cards are round cornered
FRONT :
Full Colour
Converted to CMYK
Text saved as curves
Trapping of fine text to prevent bleed with 100% straight colour (ie Cyan, .Magenta or Black)
BACK :
Black text only
Can include Location map in greyscale (1/3 of card area)
OPTIONAL EXTRAS CAN INCLUDE:
Greyscale & Solid Black other than black text
Download : PDF TEMPLATE - (Right Click save target as)
Artwork, Do's & Don'ts - Any Queries - Call (08) 8346 0155
DO's
We support & operate with a PC platform
All images & files to be supplied to us as CMYK
We prepare our artwork & output files through CorelDraw 13
We support the following files as Final Artwork
Uncompressed
Illustrator V3.0 to CS (.eps or .ai)
Photoshop V3.0 to CS (.eps or .tif or .psd)
CorelDraw V4 to V13 (.cdr)
Compressed
PDF files to be CMYK & at least 300 dpi when saved. No Fonts Embedded, Text as Curves
All files saved as single units only (ie. Front as one file, Back as one file)
Any artwork that is required to be seen after cutting must be inside the safety margins of our templates
All text must be saved as curves
Black text - leave as 100% Black - Not CMYK
Trapping of text to prevent mis-registration. When text is placed over any object containing yellow, a small amount of mis-registration can occur. Use a stroke or outline of 100% solid single colour (ie Black, Cyan or Magenta)
Required Image Resolution for:
Scanned images - 600 dpi Uncompressed CMYK, no assigned profile
Digital Pictures or Images placed into your artwork file :
JPEGs and other compressed files can be used, within your artwork, as long as these are of High Resolution. (As an indication, file size should be greater than 250kb) and converted to CMYK
DONT'S
DO NOT UPLOAD JPEG, GIF, BMP OR RGB FILES AS FINAL ARTWORK
DO NOT USE CMYK BLACKS - USE 100% BLACK OR RICH BLACK (40% C, 100% K)
DO NOT ADD CROP MARKS TO ARTWORK
REMOVE ALL NON-PRINTING OBJECTS AND GUIDES
DO NOT COMBINE FRONT & BACK - UPLOAD FILES ATTATCHED AS SINGLE FILES
MACINTOSH FILES . PLEASE SAVE ALL FILES IN PC FORMAT
NOTE: All agent files supplied must conform to these specifications. If your file does not conform, you will receive an email explaining the specific problems. You will need to correct the issue on your artwork & re-upload the amended file. An artwork re-processing fee of $15.00 plus GST will be charged to re-upload an amended file. Re-uploads can be sent via the "re-submit artwork" button, and to include your original Session ID Number as job identification.
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