Supplying your own artwork

FILE TYPE
If you wish to design your own artwork please read these guidelines before starting
and feel free to contact us if you have any queries.
Artwork supplied incorrectly will, at best, delay your order or at worst
your printing will be INCORRECT. If in doubt, contact us before starting.
We can accept files in any of the following formats

	Quark Xpress 6 Please make sure you supply all images and fonts along with your file.
	Adobe Photoshop 7
	Adobe Illustrator CS2 Please convert all fonts to outlines
	Freehand MX Please convert all fonts to paths
	Corel Draw 10 Please convert all fonts to paths
	Adobe PDF Make sure all fonts are embedded and all images are CMYK Do not downsample or compress any images.

We CANNOT accepts files in Word, Excel, Powerpoint or Publisher.
These programs are not suited for commercial printing. (Please see note below)

If you cannot supply your artwork in the programs requested then we you may be able
to save or export your artwork into any of the following formats and supply these
instead. TIFF EPS JPEG PDF

All images used must be at least 300dpi. Images downloaded from the internet are rarely of good enough quality to be used, no matter how good they may appear on screen. If you have an image that is, say , 72dpi you cannot amend this to make it 300dpi. You need to do this at source (ie when you scan it).

COLOUR MODE
If your Printing is to be FULL COLOUR then your artwork (in what ever package you
use) will have to be in CMYK colour mode, NEVER supply any images in RGB. This will
not print as RGB is for use on monitors only.

Example of CMYK Colour Mode


If you printing is to be in spot colours (ie 2 colour letterheads) the you need to create the artwork in Pantone Spot Colours ONLY.

LAYOUT.
Please make sure you allow a 2mm bleed on all images or backgrounds that you wish
to go to the edge of the design. Also make sure any text or important logos etc do not
go within 2mm of the edge of the design. This is to allow for normal tolerances when
guillotining.

Example using a standard business card