File Setup

• Colour format: CMYK not RGB
• Print resolution: 300ppi minimum
• Bleed: Files should bleed 0.125" on each edge or 0.25" on either axis
• Borders: We recommend against using borders
• Rich Black: A rich black of 40%Cyan, 10% Magenta, 10% Yellow and 100% process black should be used for large black areas. Do not use for text or gradients
• Files must be supplied one up with a separate file for the front and back
• Files must be compressed with Win zip or Stuff it before sending

Other Artwork Requirements

Preparing Artwort for Bleed

Preparing Artwork for Large Format

Preparing Artwork for Plastic Cards

Preparing Artwort in Adobe Photoshop

Preparing Artwort in Corel Draw

Artwork Templates

EPS Tempaltes

Logo's for flyer placement on your flyers and Posters

Ultra-X-Press Logo (black)

Ultra-X-Press Logo (reversed)

Compression & Delivery Utilities

Acrobat

Stuffit

Winzip

Preferred File Formats for Mac or PC

• EPS with text converted to outlines or curves
• PDF/X-1a
• TIFF (high resolution)
• JPEG (high resolution)

Accepted Native Files
Note that native files must contain all linking images and fonts.

Mac

• Quark XPress 6.5 or lower
• Adobe Acrobat 7 or lower
• Adobe Illustrator CS2 or lower
• Adobe Photoshop CS2 or lower
• Adobe Indesign CS2 or lower
• Adobe Pagemaker 7 or lower
• Corel Draw 12 or lower

PC

• Quark XPress 6.5 or lower
• Adobe Acrobat 7 or lower
• Adobe Illustrator CS2 or lower
• Adobe Photoshop CS2 or lower
• Adobe Indesign CS2 or lower
• Adobe Pagemaker 7 or lower
• Corel Draw 12 or lower