Technical Requirements
Four-color images are printed in CMYK.
- We use Adobe Photoshop Tiff files on our digital airbrush machines.
The size of the files depends on the printing resolution.
- For printing with our VUTEk Ultra Vu 5300 machine we use either
Adobe Photoshop PDF or Adobe Illustrator PDF. When the composition
contains much text
or flat colors, Adobe Illustrator PDF is the best choice.
Your file
We accept most files and medias: Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark
Xpress, InDesign, Pagemaker, Free Hand or Corel Draw. (For example:
CD, Zip, Jaz, OpticalDisc
or Syquest, (Originals can be sent with: E-mail, Ftp and ISDN).
Photoshop
Pictures should be made in Adobe Photoshop TIFF or EPS in scale
1:10 with 350dpi or in scale 1:1 with 35dpi. The size of the
files should not be
more than 300MB.
Heavier files should be made in scale 1:10 with 100dpi or scale 1:1 with
10dpi. We use the CMYK (not RGB). Please do not use JPEG, Gif or BMP
since these formats
destroy information in the picture.
Illustrator
Graphics and texts can be made in Illustrator. The text should
be made with paths. The artwork size in scale 1:10 or any proportional
scale
of your choice.
If an
image should be placed in the document please do it according to the
directions above (Adobe Photoshop). Please enclose the picture separately
if changes
will be needed. Flat colors are made in PMS or CMYK. Save the document
as an EPS
or AI.
QuarkXpress
- Document in scale 1:1 or 1:10. Pictures and graphics as above
(Photoshop, Illustrator). Mounted pictures in TIFF or EPS format.
- Do
not make preview in JPEG since the document will not export
as EPS when this is done.
- Always enclose placed images and used fonts.
- "Collect for output" and compress everything in Stuffit
on the Mac or WinZip on the PC.
InDesign
See QuarkXpress
PageMaker
See QuarkXpress. Also enclose an EPS file or PDF.
FreeHand
Graphics and texts can be made in Adobe Illustrator. The text
should be converted to outlines. The document should be
made in scale
1:10 or proportional
to
any scale of your choice. If an image is placed in the
document, please make sure
that the image follows the specifications above (Adobe
Photoshop). Please also enclose the placed images separately
if changes
are needed. Flat
colors should
be made in PMS or CMYK. Save the document as an EPS or
in Macromedia FreeHand® format.
CorelDraw
See Illustrator.
Document compression
- Compress the documents in Stuffit or DiscDoubler (Mac), Winzip
for PC.
- Please compress all documents before sending them to us and
always enclose placed images and used fonts.
- Please enclose color proofs of any kind or information about
used Pantone colors.
Information is courtesy of Big Image Systems. |
