Artwork Guidelines
When preparing
and submitting electronic artwork on a disk or via e-mail, please observe
the following guidelines so that we are able to process your order as
efficiently as possible. Our graphics department is set up on a cross-platform
Macintosh and Windows network. If you are creating your artwork on either
platform, please use one of the preferred software programs listed below
to increase the likelihood of a successful output.
When preparing artwork . . .
Our art department can accept files from virtually all professional publishing
and graphics software. However, we cannot accept any electronic art that
has been created using these programs: Word Perfect, Claris Works or Microsoft
Works. If you have artwork that was created using one of these programs,
please contact us to discuss an alternative solution. All artwork must
either be saved as grayscale, bitmap or cmyk and at a minimum of 300 dpi
or in some cases 100 dpi will be sufficient depending on the application.
Please send the files in the format they were created in.
- Adobe CS2
- Adobe Illustrator CS2
- QuarkXpress
- Adobe Photoshop CS2
- Corel Draw X3
- Corel Paint X3
- Any TIFF files within the document
- Any EPS files within the document
- All fonts, including both printer and screen fonts
- All Mac files must have fonts converted to curves / outlines.
In multi-SPOT color, documents must use colors from the Pantone Matching System (PMS) Library.
When sending artwork via e-mail or FTP. . .
- Our e-mail address is: artdepartment@unitedsign.ca
- Please fax your confirming order and a hard copy of the artwork for our reference.
- Please include in the e-mail message, your name, company name, and project/item name.
- Our email server can accept files as large as 50MB.
- Files larger than 50MB must be sent via FTP or by CD or DVD
- Our FTP site is as follows; ftp://unitedsign.ca
- Please contact Operations to obtain a username and password for FTP access.
Serge
Aucoin
(saucoin@unitedsign.ca)
Operations Manager
3M Trim-Line
\ United Sign
21 Raddall Avenue
Dartmouth N.S. B3B 1L4
ph.902-468-8746
fax.902-468-6846
When sending artwork on disk . . .
Please enclose a hard copy of the artwork and your confirming order
along with the disk, as well as information about how to contact you.
Disk formats we can accept:
- CD or DVD
