| Associated Labels uses highend Macintosh/Creo prepress workstations to create artwork for flexography. We are compatible with the postscript world found on computer platforms like Windows and Unix, as well as Macintosh. The following guidelines are intended to make jobs supplied on disk proceed as smoothly as possible, thus cutting costs and saving time. You will be charged for changes that must be made in order to meet our requirements. Any questions and concerns can be directed to Tom or George in the Art Department at (604) 525–4764 Planning to view label proofs that you have downloaded from our web server or that we have e-mailed to you? These proofs are saved in PDF (portable document) format and require Adobe Acrobat Reader to be viewed successfully. Guidelines for Submitting Artwork from Windows® Systems Associated Labels is capable of working with computer artwork generated from Applications such as Coreldraw on Windows® based computers, provided that you follow the directions below.
Adobe Illustrator files can be saved in native ai or eps formats. Be sure to convert all text to Outlines. Do not trap your job. Our art department will trap the job to our specifications. Do include a minimum bleed of 1/16" outside the die cut area. This is particularly important when an image (Photoshop file) bleeds off the edge of the label. Include all image files (tiff or eps in cmyk format at a minimum of 300 dpi), and provide original layered photoshop document whenever possible. Do not embed images in Illustrator files; placed eps files are preferred. If any errors occur, the source files are needed in order to isolate and fix the error. In Photoshop, when you are converting from RGB to CMYK use the SWOP Coated setting at 28% dot gain. Any screen values in your job must not be below 1%. This applies mainly to gradient fills in vector drawing programs. If your gradient is made up of process colour (not spot PMS colours) then you have to account for the minimum dot percentage that would appear in each separation. A good general rule is to not go below 10% for process gradients and not below 1% for spot PMS gradients. All line weights (line strokes) to be a min. of 0.01” or 0.7 pt. When creating the job/label solely in Illustrator, set all black text to Overprint. Do not use transparency, drop shadow, feather, glow (etc.) effects from illustrator 9 or 10. These are not compatible with print production processes. Instead, use placed eps files from photoshop. If you are using Quark Xpress please make sure that your picture files are updated/OK before you give us the file. Are these files included on your disk? Composite artwork file EPS (Photoshop) files contained in artwork Original EPS source files (Freehand) Printer Fonts TIF files contained in artwork Along with the Computer Files on disk, you also must supply us with color hard copy of the Artwork; alternatively B/W laser proofs are OK as long as you colour break the document to show us specific separations. Applications we use (Macintosh platform/current software updates):
Storage Media We Currently Utilize CDR/RW, DVD RAM, 1.44 floppy |