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Digital File Submission Guidelines

The digital applications supported are listed below. All applications listed are specifically designed for the print media / publishing industry, and we utilize only the most current versions available. To ensure that the product you receive is of the highest quality, we ask that you forward the originally created file in one of the formats listed below. Please include all supporting files and fonts with your digital files.

Adobe Illustrator : Adobe Photoshop : Adobe PageMaker : QwarkXpress : Macromedia Freehand

Files sent in applications deviating from those listed above will result in recreation of your design into acceptable format. Please keep in mind an extended period of time will be required for our artist to recreate your design.

Microsoft files are NOT acceptable:

Microsoft Word, Works, Word Perfect, Excel, Publisher, and PowerPoint. These applications are not designed for print application and cannot be used in printing workflows.

Web Files are NOT acceptable:

  • All internet/web artwork is low resolution. These images are 72dpi, made to be only viewed on a computer monitor. They are not high enough resolution for print.
  • All photographic images should be scanned in a 300dpi resolution. Bitmap images (black and white) should be scanned at 1200dpi.


We also need to know:

  • If the file you are sending came from a Mac or PC?
  • What the PMS (Pantone® Matching System) Colors are?
  • Is there a special or pattern varnish area?
  • Is there Sequential Numbering?
  • Is there a Security Feature?
  • Are there internal Perforations?

Fonts:

Please include all fonts with your digital files. If possible, using a vector base application i.e. Freehand, Illustrator, Coral Draw convert fonts to paths. This will convert the selected font to a working line drawing.

File Transportation:

All artwork can be uploaded to our internal servers by using the Artwork Upload area. This requires that you already have an account with us, if you do not have an account you can create an account in just a few minutes. Smaller artwork files can be e-mailed to info@primesource.ws. In addition to e-mail we can support any removable disk media for transporting files via courier to our office directly.

Important Notes:

Please supply a hard copy printout of the digital files that you are submitting. In addition to the print outs please supply a previously printed sample of your current ticket that is thermally imaged on.