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Uploading Instructions

We currently accept files in the following formats:
.cdr, .pdf, .ai, .indd, and .eps.

PDF files ar highly recommended and preferred.
For information on creating a PDF for print go to Creating a PDF for Print

Please make sure all of your images are at least 150 dpi. We prefer 300dpi.

Please convert all text to outlines or curves.

If your job is full color, please make sure you use cmyk color pallets in the program you are using to create your art. You can convert your colors to CMYK when you create a PDF, but your finished printed product most likely WILL NOT be what you expect. We DO NOT assume any responsibilty for color from RGB or spot color original files used to create full color (cmyk) products

If your job is one or two colors, please specify the pantone color(s) and make sure you use the pantone color pallet in the program you are using to create your art. Make sure you DO NOT convert these spot colors to CMYK when you create your PDF.

Facts about CMYK and RGB Color
All computer monitors emit color as RGB (red, green, blue) light. Although all colors of the visible spectrum can be produced by merging red, green and blue light, monitors are capable of displaying only a limited gamut (i.e., range) of the visible spectrum. Whereas monitors emit light, inked paper absorbs or reflects specific wavelengths. Cyan, magenta and yellow pigments serve as filters, subtracting varying degrees of red, green and blue from white light to produce a selective gamut of spectral colors. Like monitors, printing inks also produce a color gamut that is only a subset of the visible spectrum, although the range is not the same for both. Consequently, the same art displayed on a computer monitor may not match to that printed in a publication. Also, because printing processes such as offset lithography use CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, black) inks, digital art must be created as CMYK color or must be converted from RGB color to enable use.

Even though monitors always use RGB to display colors, the colors you see on your monitor will more closely match the final printed piece if you are viewing them in the CMYK color space. Be aware that it is possible to see colors in RGB that you can not make with CMYK. They are said to be "out of the CMYK color gamut". What happens is that the RGB-to-CMYK translator just gets as close as possible to the appearance of the original and that is as good as it can be. It is something that everyone in the industry puts up with. So it is best to select any colors you use for fonts or other design elements in your layout using CMYK definitions instead of RGB.

That way, you will have a better idea of how they will appear in your printed piece. Here is a common example: many programs translate the 100% Blue in RGB into a somewhat purple-looking color in CMYK. We recommend a CMYK value of 100-65-0-0 to get a nice clean blue. Working in the CMYK color space allows you to select the CMYK recipe, or "screen build", that gives you the results you want . If your job is one or two colors, please specify the pantone color(s) and make sure you use the pantone color pallet in the program you are using to create your art. Make sure you DO NOT convert these spot colors to CMYK when you create your PDF.

Technical questions can be directed to our Graphics Department. Please allow 24 hours for a response.

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