Arlington Signs & Banners:
ART REQUIREMENTS
October 2003

These are general requirements. Final pricing is dependent on receipt and evaluation of art/computer files. Quality of final product is dependent on quality of art. Color rendition on computer monitors varies widely. Files that appear on Web sites are generally too small to look good on a sign or a banner. The larger the file, the better the final output.

All of our computers run Windows XP. Our software and our printers are optimized for the latest versions of Adobe and Corel. Files produced by earlier software or within earlier operating systems may produce unpredictable results.

DATA STORAGE FORMAT

PC format saved as AI, EPS or CDR file. Convert all text and shapes to curves, shapes or outlines. We need IBM diskettes; we do not read MAC files.

SPOT COLOR GRAPHICS

Adobe Illustrator (up to 10.0)

• Camera-ready artwork to scale of finished size – as large as possible for optimum reproduction.
• Line art with colors filled in correct places
• All under layer images knocked out in appropriate places
• Spot colors, not CMYK, customer defined by PMS number or sample color swatches provided
• Covert all copy to curves, shapes or outlines
• All shapes must be closed
• If fonts are not outlined or converted to curves, the Font Must Be Included On The Disk. Please provide the postscript and/or TrueType fonts. When providing Postscript fonts, please include both the Screen Font and the Printer Font. Avoid putting fonts in Photoshop, they can look bitmapped or jagged at full size. Photoshop files also cannot be manipulated if corrections are needed. For better end results, fonts should be added in Illustrator.

FOUR COLOR PROCESS OR HALFTONE GRAPHICS

• Photoshop 7.0 format or Corel PhotoPaint 11.0 or later
• At least ¼ scale EPS files -- PLEASE MAKE FILE AS LARGER AS POSSIBLE FOR OPTIMUM REPRODUCTION
• 100% 100 Lines screen image at least 300 dpi resolution – THE HIGHER DPI, THE HIGHER QUALITY OF FINISHED PRODUCT. REDUCTION IN DPI IS INVERSELY PROPORTIONAL TO THE INCREASE IN SIZE. A 300 DPI FILE THAT IS ENLARGED BY A FACTOR OF 4 WILL HAVE A FINAL OUTPUT RESOLUTION OF ONLY 75 DPI!!!
• All files must be proportional to final size
• CMYK colors
• Need file in CD Rom - Files are usually too big to e-mail
• Files must be appropriate for silkscreen printing
• JPG files MAY also be used, but we will need to review them. They are often too small to enlarge

VINYL –ONLY GRAPHICS

• All text must be converted to curves, shapes or lines
• Remove strokes in Adobe Illustrator
• No overlapping lines
• Shapes must be contoured
• Remember, there are about 5000 PMS colors and only 250 Vinyl colors – unless you want a special PMS color match vinyl produced

STORAGE DEVICES USED

* 3 ½" Disk * Iomega Zip 100M & 250M * CD * DVD

SCANNING

When all else fails, we can usually scan your art or photo. We can scan up to 11" x 17" at 2400 dots per inch.

E-MAILING ART FILES:

(1 Meg file limit)

• ART FOR FOUR COLOR PROCESS JOBS SHOULD NOT BE E-MAILED BECAUSE THE FILES ARE LARGE AND OFTEN WILL MOVE OR PARTS WILL BE MISSING IN THE LAYOUT.
• Artwork for spot or line color jobs may be e-mailed as follows:
• Once the artwork is saved correctly, the file should be saved as an attachment to your e-mail.
• E-mailing fonts:
• Save the font into a folder

NOTE: A disk will still be required if e-mailing is not successful.

***** PLEASE SUBMIT A HARD COPY OF ARTWORK TO ACCOMPANY DISK. THIS WILL AID IN PRODUCTION

***** PRICING & QUALITY OF FINAL PRODUCT IS DEPENDENT ON ARTWORK RECEIVED

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818 W. Northwest Highway
Arlington Heights, IL 60004
(847) 870-0200, FAX (847) 870-0300

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