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CUSTOMER SUPPLIED ARTWORK

We can accept customer supplied artwork as either Digital Artwork or Camera-Ready Artwork. Listed below are our guidelines for supplied art. In some cases there are exceptions to these guidelines. If you have any questions about your artwork you can contact our Art Department at artdept@screenitltd.com or call 518-272-1606 during business hours.

DIGITAL ARTWORK

Digital artwork can be submitted on CD, Zip Disk (100mb), 3.5" Floppy Disk, and e-mail. It's a good idea to provide a hard copy of the artwork for reference whenever possible, even if the colors are not accurate. We are currently using PC (Windows) format computers only, but in many cases we can work with your Mac format files provided they are not submitted on a Mac formatted disc. For more on this issue click here.

Our supported applications are Corel Draw, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Photoshop. We will not accept native files from any other software, but we can accept .PDF's and .EPS's. In most cases we can also accept these formats: .TIF .WMF .BMP .GIF .PS .PRN .JPG (note: .JPG is a compressed format designed for the web and it compromises quality! If you must save your artwork as a .JPG to save space, save it at the maximum quality possible)

If you do not have the software listed above or are unable to create a .PDF you can try creating a .PS or .PRN file. The .PS and .PRN formats are postscript files that can be created from any software by checking the "Print to File" box before printing. This simply saves the information normally sent to your printer as a separate file that we can often convert to a usable format here.

Font related issues are a common hold up. Always provide a copy of the fonts used even if they are known to be common fonts. We only accept True Type fonts. To avoid font problems all-together be sure to covert all type to shapes in your layout software, or check "include fonts" when saving as a .EPS or .PDF. For more on coverting type to shapes click here.

For text and line art we recommend using Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, or other vector based layout software. Vector art creates much cleaner lines and provides the best results for screen printing.

For photo art (or "bitmapped" art) we accept bitmap (2 color), grayscale, duo-tone, and CMYK images. Each has its own specs:

BITMAP: 600 dpi or greater at full size
GRAYSCALE AND DUO-TONE: 300 dpi or greater at full size
CMKY: 150 dpi or greater at full size. Should be used for process printing only.


CAMERA-READY ARTWORK

NON 4 COLOR PROCESS ORDERS: It is important that your camera-ready artwork is clean black and white with sharp, clean edges and all seperations are on seperate pages. All halftones must be at 50 lpi or less.

4 COLOR PROCESS ORDERS: Make sure your artwork is as clean and clear as possible.

If your art is has more than one color it is important that your camera-ready artwork is properly separated. There can be no overlap or trapping. Crop marks or registration marks are not necessary, but are a great help to us.