How to prepare your files for printing
Understand Basic CMYK or RGB ? A lot of the colors you create in RGB mode are not achievable using standard four-color process printing. It is always best to create your document from the start in CMYK color mode to ensure that you have a better idea of how your colors are going to print.All artwork upload should be CMYK Print Layout
Trim Line: This is the finished size of the piece. Bleed Area: "Bleed" is a printing term used to indicate the portion of the card that will be trimmed off when cut to the final size. Please make sure there are minimum 3mm Bleed on each side of your artwork. Crop Marks: Indicates where to cut the paper. No-Text Area: Please avoid putting any text 3mm from the edge of file,any text placed in this area will run very close to the edge of the file and could possilbly get trimmed off. Print Quality and Resolution High Resolution helps us deliver the best printing quality and please ensure that all images supplied are of a resolution of 300dpi at their final printed size. Also, please don’t ‘upsize’ low resolution images to 300dpi as this may result in a poor quality finished result. Fonts We require that all fonts in your uploaded file be outlined or embedded. File Format Our preferred file formats are: pdf, adobe illustrator, photoshop, indesign, jpg, tiff, png. Before you upload your file, make a quick check against our requirements to ensure there are no issues with your print job.
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