ARTWORK GUIDELINES

  • Artwork to be supplied in either Corel Draw 15 (or lower) or PDF format
  • Colour format: CMYK
  • No RGB or spot colours – We automatically convert these to cmyk and therefore the colour may change. We will not be held responsible for the colour change.
  • Borders will not be guaranteed to be even all round during cutting
  • Convert all lenses, fills, embedded objects, clip art, drop shadows, etc. to CMYK bitmaps
  • Layered artwork should be flattened
  • All text to be converted to curves or embedded
  • All artwork must have 3mm – 5mm bleed all round (extends beyond the trim edge of
    your printed piece)
  • No text or logos or essential information must not be closer than 3 mm – 5mm to the
    edge (inside of artwork)
  • Avoid using text that is smaller than 7 points that are made up of more than process
    colour.
  • All jpeg files to be at least 350 to 400 dpi
  • 5 % variability in colour must be anticipated if not a pantone colour
  • Digital and Litho colours has a 5% variation
  • All artwork must be supplied print ready

 NCR

  • A5 – final size 210 x 147mm excluding binding and perforation
  • A4 – final size 210 x 297mm excluding binding and perforation
  • Allocate an additional 25mm margin for binding and perforating