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Artwork Specifications
Getting your artwork correct is a key factor to ensure your project
can be manufactured within your timeframes.
Before you bring 'finished artwork' to us, you need to make
sure that it is created to the correct specifications. If you need help
getting your artwork correct we suggest you contact a professional
graphic artist. The
artist will require our specifications please
contact us and we can email
them to you or your graphic artist.
Important information:
Artwork for CD Booklet and Back Inlay
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All
artwork must be supplied as PDF or EPS files with
all fonts turned to Curves/Outlines in printer's
pairs or as per our specification sheets. A digital
colour matched proof must
also be supplied. If you are unable to supply
artwork and proof as per our specifications, we are
able to produce these for you at an additional
fee. In this case please provide:
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Artwork
completed in QuarkExpress, Photoshop or Illustrator
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Artwork
as complete files on a CD-R with printouts of the
final files
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All full
colour images must be saved as
CMYK (not
RGB). Please ensure that all RGB images have been
converted to CYMK.
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CMYK
stands for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black which are
the four colours that are used in full colour,
offset printing. If you look closely enough you will
see that all printed material is made up of tiny
dots of these four colours.
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RGB
stands for Red, Green and Blue. These are the
colours that make up the images of computer monitors
and television screens. RGB images often appear to
be be more vibrant than CMYK images, however, they
cannot be printed.
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Images
should be saved as TIF or EPS files
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All fonts
used must be turned to Curves/Outlines on your final
artwork file
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All scans
must be at a minimum of 300dpi at actual size
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All
artwork should include trim and fold lines in
Registration black and 3mm of bleed all round
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Bleed is
when you extend an image or background colour over
the crop marks of a document so that when it's
trimmed after being printed, the colour or image
goes right to the edge. If you don't include bleed
and the printer crops 1 mm out then you will end up
with a white border along the edges of your
document.
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Registration black is made up of all 4 process
colours (CMYK). All trim and fold marks should be in
registration black. Professional layout programs
like QuarkExpress and Illustrator have Registration
Black as a colour in the default colour palette.
Artwork for On Disc Printing
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Disc
artwork consists of 1, 2 or 3 spot colours nominated
from the Pantone (PMS) colour chart; or CMYK
(full colour print)
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There
should be no bleed or trim lines on the CD art
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We
recommend your catalogue number be included in the
CD label artwork to ensure correct identification
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Each file
of disc label art should be marked with the catalogue
number and the corresponding PMS colour. The
identification must appear outside the image area
and be a minimum of 12 points in bold typeface
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Note that
PMS colours or CMYK printed directly onto the CD's
metal surface could appear slightly different in
colour to those printed onto paper.
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Type size
should be no less than 5pt for text in positive
print and be less than 7pt for negative print
(reversed out)
Please note: Your computer screen and your desktop printer may not be an accurate colour guide to your finished artwork.
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