We Can Work With Most Any File or Artwork !

Don't Forget...We Scan!....We Design! ...Flat Artwork ....Marketing Concepts Are Also Welcome

WE ARE ALWAYS WILLING TO ACCOMMODATE
OUR CUSTOMERS NEEDS
BUT...... FOR QUICK SERVICE AND TO AVOID DELAY...... PLEASE TRY TO SET UP YOUR FILES IN THE FOLLOWING FORMATS:

Formats

Mac or PC

CD/DVD, Zip Disk 100MB & 250MB, Jazz 1& 2GB, 3.5" floppy, Photo Cd,
OR E-MAIL YOUR FILES TO US -see contact info
Old File Formats; flopoptical, syquest, & more can be retrieved (additional charge may apply)
FOR FILE COMPRESSION: Use Photoshop LZW (MAC or PC)-.Zip (PC) - Stuffit (MAC) 
.JPG (MAC or PC) [caution use wisely, may degrade images!]

We Scan Artwork, Design, and do quality Digital  Photography ­ How can we help?

Applications

Mac or PC

ILLUSTRATOR, FREEHAND, INDESIGN, COREL DRAW, PHOTOSHOP, PAGEMAKER, .PS’ Postscript, WMF.....Windows Meta file...CT, PDF, PICT, QUARK, TIFF, WORD,TEXT, CANVAS, EPS, POWER POINT, EXCEL,etc.
NOTE: If you use amateur (ie, non-professional, non-postscript) software or multi-media files such as Power Point,“Draw”, additional charges may apply to make them postscript compatible

OTHERS FILES & FORMAT ? ...    YES SURE ! Just Ask Us

Please Remember:

Mac or PC

To avoid  errors or delays provide us with a printed b&w or color layout with your disk or by fax.
If color matching is important to you, indicate specific PMS Colors to match and or request a color sample before final production.

Fonts

               Mac or PC

POSTSCRIPT FONTS: (preferred)  Please Include printer & screen fonts used in files
TRUE TYPE:  If you must use truetype fonts change text to outlines (paths) or…
we will substitute SIMILAR postscript fonts (additional charge may apply)

Resolution (bitmap)

All BITMAP FILES

HighRes: Photoshop & TIFF, Scanned images, Photos, Jpeg, etc. should be CMYK and at aprox.75 (60-100) dpi at final size. (see note below)
Ultra-High Res: Double above DPI requirements
BillboardRes: Images should be CMYK and at aprox. 40 (20-60) dpi at final size
For instance HighRes example: if an image is in a layout which is to be output (page setup) at 400%, ( ie, a 9" x 12" to be printed at 36" x 48") of the original, the resolution of the image must be 300 dpi! (ie, 400% (4x) of 75dpi = 300dpi.)

A 75dpi CMYK FILE has 75dpi of info for each C.M.Y.K this makes a 300 DPI PRINTER FILE

The CMYK story

We use a CMYK printing process. When it comes to color matches, we do very well, but matches are not always perfect. We can often match colors better than the four color PMS equivalent noted by Pantone® in their swatchbooks. We do better color matching than photography and can always correct any single color without affecting others. Due to the inherent differences in software and production methods DIGITAL GRAPHICS will vary slightly in color. If color matching is important to you, indicate specific PMS Colors to match or request a color sample before final production. Quality of finished images depends on quality of originals supplied (ie, poor quality photos and scans will result in less than ideal output.)