Graphic Guidelines for print

Design

If you have your own design or are having someone design for you, please download a template for your product. Templates are available on the product pages or the templates page. Contact us for custom templates.

The templates will contain the correct resolution. Typically, files should be 300 dpi. For very large display designs can be 150-200 dpi to keep the file size manageable.

Images

Please send the biggest and best images you have. The ones straight from the camera are best. Do not crop or color correct the images. It is faster if you let us do that. If we need to work with poor images it will cost you  design time for us to fix them up for print.

Setting up files

 

  • Designs should be 100% to scale.
    Please extend your design into the bleed area. This area is hidden but this gives a clean area for shifting.
  • If using Adobe software please send your design in layers. (this lets us make color corrections easier). It also lets us make subtle changes if your template is not exactly correct. Send PDF, PSD, AI, SVG
  • If using other software please send your designs in PDF, with layers if possible.
  • Turn all fonts to outline or rasterize them.

 

A small Tutorial on images for print

Image quality:

The quality of the image for print is dependent on how many pixels per square inch there are (dpi) and how big the image is in square inches. Everything for print set to 300 dpi and 100% of the size that it will be printed.

full 300 dpi image

Same size image at 72 dpi. Note the jagged edges

If a file is small or poor quality you cannot make the information in it better by simply increasing the dpi or the inches. We can recover some detail through specialized AI software. other details can be hand painted in in Photoshop or similar software

If you send poor quality photos that you just love but it is rather rough looking we can usually make it work but it adds to your $20 per hour design time. Here is an example of a decent image fixed up in AI software.

Low quality image

Image fixed up in AI software. Note that the jagged edges along the edge of the face still have to be smoothed out in Photoshop.

Image quality:

How to Zip files

To send large files or multiple files it is easiest to put all of your files in one folder and ZIP them for ease of uploading. At request we will send a link to upload files.

  • Name the zipped file or be sure and put your name in the information boxes so we can identify them.
  • Please keep your total compressed file size under 20 gb.
  • Do not close the upload page until your upload is complete.

On a PC:

  • Locate the file(s) or folder that you want to compress.
  • Right-click the file(s) or folder, point to Send To, and then click Compressed (zipped) Folder. A new compressed folder is created.
  • To rename it,right-click the folder, click Rename, and then type in your last name or something to identify the files for us.
  • If you have already created a compressed folder and you want to add a new file or folder to it, right click on the folder to open it drag the files you want to add into the compressed folder.
 

On a Mac:

  • Select your file. (Select multiple files by holding down the “Command” key while selecting the files.)
  • Right-click your highlighted files and select “Compress” to zip the files.
  • If you zip a single file, the archive file will retain the original filename with a “.zip” file extension. If you zip multiple files, the resulting compressed file will be called “Archive.zip.”
  • To rename it, right-click the folder, click Rename, and then type in something to help us identify the files.

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File Upload

For ease of uploading you can zip all of your files into one folder. (Select your files, right click and select ‘compress’ or ‘zip’) Each upload has a 2 GB limit. Be sure and tell us in the message line who the file is for. Do not close the page until the file upload is complete.

See our Template Page to download Templates if you wish to create your own design
(Please see our Graphic Guidelines for how to prepare your files and how to Zip files.)

Upload elements for your design OR upload your finished design.

If you have any questions please contact us at
gsorders@techteam.org or call us at 903-757-4530