Die Lines:

A layered, unflattened pdf should be supplied - Cut lines should be on a separate layer

Layer 1: Your Artwork

Layer 2: Cut Lines - Magenta

If Adobe Illustrator Files are supplied all images should be embedded and fonts outlined



Colour Mode: CMYK 

Please remember online products such as Canva work in RGB. 

You may see variations in the colour of your printed products due to the conversion of RGB to CMYK.




Bleed: 3mm

All artwork should be supplied with 3mm Bleed. Designs with the background image or text that you would like to extend past the finished size to the bleed line. 




Finished Size:

This is the final finished size of your print. Please ensure the background artwork extends to the bleed lines and   important text or images are within the safe zone so that they are not cut off when trimmed to size.

The Price Calculator Shows the final completed size after all finishing 



Safe Zone: 3mm

Please ensure that all important text and graphics are inside the safe zone, as this will help your design appear to be clean and professional. It will also ensure that important text is not cutoff during the trimming process




Crop Marks : Included

When you output your finished design, please select Crop Marks from your design software. Crop marks allow to see where you want your design to be trimmed

Tip: Once you create your pdf, open in Acrobat to check it is exactly as you expected



Images : 

Minimum : 150 dpi 

Preferred : 300 dpi

Tip : View you image on screen at actual size if it appears pixelated it is not at a high enough resolution 



Fonts : Embed and Outline

Embed and Convert your text to outlines so that nothing changes when printed


 

 


File Type : PDF

Please supply your file as a Pdf. Single item per page with bleed and crop marks For multi page documents page 1 will be the front side of the product and page 2 will be the back. For booklets page 1 is the front cover, page 2 is the inside front cover continuing to the outside back cover which is the last page




Solid Black:

Areas of solid black should be a rich black

Cyan (C) : 60

Magenta (M) : 50

Yellow (Y) : 50

Black (K) : 100


Text Black : 

For a crisp clean look to your text 

Cyan (C) : 60

Magenta (M) : 50

Yellow (Y) : 50

Black (K) : 100


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