Camera Ready means
that your artwork is designed and completed in a professional
graphics program and is 100% ready for production.
We do not consider work created in MS Excel,
MS Word, MS Publisher, MS Works, MS Powerpoint
and other other general office applications to be design
quality and cannot successfully import this artwork for
production. As a general rule, if you submit these files they
will be considered to be a "general layout draft"
and will be recreated in house and hourly art department
charges may apply at a cost of up to $100 per hr.
Vinyl Cut Signs and Artwork:
We ask that you send us Vectorized
Art (AKA: Line Art) - this means that all images and designs are
created in line art and can be scaled accordingly with
no disruption in image quality. Plotters are unable to cut
vinyl from scanned images because the cutting mechanism
follows specific lines and paths from the original image, if
you are only able to supply a scanned image, we will have to
recreate your artwork in FlexiSign/Illustrator
and you could be billed for this
art department time.
PLEASE BE SURE THAT ALL OF
YOUR COPY (FONTS) HAVE BEEN CONVERTED TO CURVES (OR LINES)
BEFORE YOU SEND US VECTOR FILES.
This is very important and can
save all parties considerable time and money. If we receive
vector files with missing fonts and do not have a printout or
digital image of your artwork to reference, we are not
responsible for the change of artwork.
We accept vector files
created in these formats/applications:
Transferring MAC files for use on PC:
We receive a fair amount of
Adobe Illustrator files created on Macintosh computers. Since
we are a Windows based graphics shop, there can be some time
consuming issues of file compatibility. If you are exporting
or saving from Adobe Illustrator please make sure that you
check "For Windows" and save down to Version 7 if
you have the most recent version. If you are in CorelDraw 9 or
10, please save down to Corel 8. For additional assistance,
please feel free to call our shop or refer to your software
instruction manuals.
Full Color & CMYK
Digital Prints:
For all images and non vector
based artwork, we suggest you submit Tiff files at (no lower
than) 300 DPI and the correct size for your signs or graphics.
Please be aware that if your image is not the correct size and
of a low resolution, it can be rendered unusable if it does
not enlarge properly. If you can only supply the standard Jpeg
format, please keep your file at least 600 dpi and as large as
possible to avoid any additional art charges needed to
recreate or clean up your images. We cannot cut images from
vinyl using graphic images such as Jpeg, Tiff or BMP, these
would need a digital output then added to the existing
signage.
Full Color images can be
created in RGB
(Red, Green, Blue) or CMYK
(4 color process - Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black) The CMYK
color space is more commonly used in color printers, due to
the subtractive properties of inks. This process requires
additional CPU time to create and generally have a much larger
file size - so some artist commonly create artwork in RGB.
Please be aware that if your artwork needs to be converted to CMYK
before printing, your colors may not match your original
artwork, We are not responsible for this if a conversion is
required. Also, always include a color print (or mockup) of
the artwork you submit so that we may verify the image before
printing.
We accept files created in
these formats/applications:
Current In-house Software:
Our offices use Windows XP
Professional
based Intel machines. We have the ability to import Macintosh
files from CDR's or from Iomega Zip disks if needed. Please
call our offices for any additional information regarding Mac,
Sun or Unix based files.
Sending Camera Ready Artwork to CCS Art Department:
You may e-mail your artwork to info@charmcitysigns.com
or bring in a CD or Zip disk at any time. Please include a
printout of your artwork, specific colors and fonts with any
files that you submit. If you do not have the fonts, you may
list the ones needed. When supplying artwork with text copy,
please convert all fonts to curves. If only a list is supplied
we cannot guarantee that we can find a perfect match but under
most situations, should have it in stock.
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