Artwork File Formats: Accepted File Formats: .ai, .pdf, .psd, .jpg (at least 300 dpi)
NOTE: Please use the “Type > Create Outline” feature for all your layers to preserve your fonts and texts.
Bleeding:
1mm outside each of the edges of the actual size area.
NOTE: Please make sure that your background is extended all the way to the bleeding area. Otherwise there will be white edges on your printed cards.
Safe Area:
2mm inside each of the edges of the actual size area.
NOTE: Please make sure that your texts and important images are within the boundaries of safe area to prevent any possible cut-off.
Important Notes:
* Make sure that you have “Created Outlines” for all your layers. This is especially important for your fonts as we may not have your fonts.
* Make sure that your artwork is under CMYK mode, and not RGB or the other modes.
* If you are using any jpeg picture in your artwork, please make sure that they are at least 300 dpi for best printing quality.
* Make sure that your text and important images are within the safe area (refer to the templates) to prevent any cut-off.
* Make sure your background is extended to the end of the bleeding area.
* Avoid using thin and small fonts as it may not be readable. Thick and big fonts are preferable for readability.
* You can always print a sample with your home printer to see if your artwork is readable in the actual size.
Additional Information
1) Offset printing is a mixture of 4 colors CMYK. What you view on computer is RGB but what offset print out is by CMYK. So the artwork must be done in CMYK color mode but NOT RGB.
2) DPI or dots per inch is a crucial term for offset printing. Your artwork must have resolution minimum of 300dpi to make sure the print out is absolutely sharp and beautiful.
3) Since you can have any kind of font for your text in your artwork but we might not have the same font that you do. Please make sure that you outline all the text before sending the artwork to us just to make sure that what you see on your computer will be exactly the same with the print out. For Adobe Illustrator, it is very simple, you would just need to select the text right click and choose Create Outline. While for Adobe Photoshop, you would need to choose the text layer, right click and select Rasterize Type.
4) Offset printing require to cutting down the papers from larger size. To avoid the problem of missed cut the artwork text, all text must be within the Safe Area. Let’s see how do we calculate safe area. For example of name card size of 90x54mm, the safe area for the text will be within 86x50mm. Each of the edge must be allocate at least 2mm.
5) If you could not do your artwork in professional design software like Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator. It is alright as most of our clients are first time dealing with offset printing. You can do your design in your favorable and familiar software. We do accept common file format like Microsoft Word or Power Point While for other software like AutoCAD, you can export the file as JPEG or PDF.
6) After all, do not worry of mistake being made in artwork, we will examine your artwork and confirm with you before we process the printing.