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| Q. | HOW DO I SUBMIT FILES? WHAT FORMAT(S)?
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| A. | Formats accepted are: TIF; JPG; EPS; or PDF only. No native page layouts or word documents, please. File format conversion fee- $75.
You may bring your files to us in person on a CD, DVD or USB portable hard drive. You may also mail or send your material to us via any commercial carrier. Include a proof print for reference and/or color matching.
You may e-mail the file if 10MB or less to: colorgrfx1@verizon.net A telephone call will alert us that a file is coming.
We also have an FTP site for your convenience in submitting large files.
Name of file should be in all lower case and no spaces (or underscore_for_spaces). All files should be Zipped (create archive) for safest transmittal. (See "File Setup Guidelines for Wide Format Printing"
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| Q. | WHAT OTHER SPECS SHOULD I BE AWARE OF FOR FILE PREP?
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| A. | For best quality reproductions, RESOLUTION of images should be at least 160dpi at output size for regular posters; for Art Reproduction your native resolution at 100% output size should be at least 240 dpi. Quality is not guaranteed from images with less than 100dpi or interpolated (upsized) images. Low resolution jpgs or gifs taken from the web or any upsized (interpolated) lo-res images are not appropriate for blowing up to large format sizes.
PHOTOSHOP: Resolution at least 160-240 dpi at 100%; Save flattened file as TIF, 8-bit. (You can use LZW compression if you plan on e-mailing the file)
ILLUSTRATOR/COREL/FREEHAND: Convert all type to outlines (objects). Any raster images (photos) that have been imported into the vector program should be a minimum of 180dpi at blowup size. Embed links and flatten. Save / export as EPS.
QUARK: If you have created a document in Quark (or other page layout or word processing program) for offset printing and wish to use it also as a wide format poster, save/export as an EPS or create a PDF. As a further safeguard, rasterize the pdf or eps to make sure all elements and text flow are correct.
Additional fees are charged for file conversions or for files that do not conform to these guidelines.
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| Q. | AT WHAT DPI AND PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS SHOULD I PREPARE MY FILE?
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