OPTION 1 - LET US DESIGN IT FOR YOU
Edge Stickers in-house design studio
Our in-house graphics and design studio makes sure your design gets you noticed. . Staffed by experienced graphic designers with years of experience, we can take your pictures and text and turn them into stunning eye catching displays, stickers, banners or signs.
We are extremely affordable and charge precisely by the minute, ensuring you get great value for money.
Our design team have designed thousands of stickers, flyers, banners and vehicle graphics for a variety of promotional, commercial and exhibition purposes.
Our design team work closely with the printing and production department to ensure you get the quality and service you expect.
If you wish us to produce your design please follow the following steps:
1. Send a written brief or sketch containing what you would to say, your web address, a copy of your company logo and any photographs or digital files you want in your design. Send this information to sales@edgestickers.co.uk
2. We review your enquiry and send you a design quotation.
3. We then create a design and send you a PDF proof by email.
4. You advise us of amendments.
5. We redesign and send you subsequent proofs. You approve and we produce.
To discuss your design with a member of our design studio please call 0845 468 1232.
OPTION 2 - YOU SEND US A FILE READY TO PRINT
If you already have a designer , can design it yourself or have existing artwork then simply follow our artwork instructions. Any questions please call our design studio on 0845 468 1232.
Important Artwork Notes:
1) Proofs - Proofs can only used for positional accuracy. Proofs cannot be used for colour matching.
2) Colour matching. If you send a match print or other hard copy printed material (i.e. letterhead, brochure) we will check your file prior to printing. If we cannot achieve a reasonable match we will call you to discuss. It is not always possible to match pantone colours using CMYK printers. Our printers and media are carefully calibrated but if no colour proof is provided we can only print what is supplied on disk.
3) Please make sure that the artwork files you send match our requirements. We cannot be held responsible for errors that occur resulting form artwork supplied that does not meet our requirements and reserve the right to charge for any remedial work prior to printing. Correct artwork means no additional charges or time delays.
PREPARING ART FOR DIGITAL PRINT:
We accept only PC (Windows) file formats. Acceptable Windows Software as follows:
| Program |
Instructions |
| Adobe PhotoShop CS3 or earlier |
Use CMYK and not RGB colour format. 300dpi at full size or (1200 dpi at 1/4 size), flattened, no layers, saved as TIF, EPS or JPG.
Image size must be set to the trim size plus 3mm bleed all around if necessary. |
| Adobe Illustrator CS4 or earlier |
Include all images used. Files containing links to other files cannot be used. Convert fonts to outlines to avoid font conflict. No layers.
Page size must be set to the trim size of your job. Bleeds should extend 3mm
beyond the page area. |
| FreeHand MXa or earlier |
Include all images used. Convert fonts to paths to avoid font conflict.
Page size must be set to the trim size of your job. Bleeds should extend 3mm
beyond the page area. |
| Corel Draw 12 or earlier |
Include all images used, text should be converted to curves. Bleeds should extend 3mm beyond the page area. Files should be saved as EPS. |
| InDesign CS3 or earlier |
Include all fonts and images used. Convert fonts to outlines to avoid font conflict. Files should be saved as EPS. |
| PDF |
Press or Print Optimised. Page size must be set to the trim size plus 3mm bleed all around
if necessary. Images & graphics must be in CMYK format (not RGB).
Do you need to convert your artwork to pdf format?
download FREE Primo Pdf converter here
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Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Powerpoint and other non-graphics software are not acceptable formats and will incur charges for conversion.
HINTS AND TIPS FOR SUPPLYING FILES:
1. IF COLOURS ARE CRITICAL PLEASE SEND A COLOUR PROOF ALONG WITH ANY COLOUR MATCHES YOU REQUIRE OR
REQUEST A MACHINE PROOF AT AN ADDITIONAL COST. It is not always possible to match pantone colours using CMYK
printers. Our printers and media are carefully calibrated but if no colour proof is supplied or machine proof is requested
we can only print what is supplied on disk.
2. All colour images must be in CMYK colour format (No RGB!).
3. Images with LZW compression cause problems - if you must use compression, use JPEG, but be aware that the more
you compress the worse the picture will print. Don't reduce a photo or scan to less than 20% of the original size when
placing in a page layout program. Open them in an image editing program such as Photoshop and scale them to
the correct size.
4. Scan or save colour and greyscale images at 300 dpi at 100% of the final size or 1200dpi at 25% of the final size.
5. Scanned line art needs to be no more than 1200 dpi at 100% of the final size.
6. Include 3 mm of bleed on all elements that extend beyond the trim edge.
7. Don't use PDF Maker for making PDFs to print - they are rarely acceptable quality. Most other mainstream applications
produce good-quality PDFs when "High Quality", "Print" or "Press" settings are used.
8. Multiple copies - Supply files 1-UP. Our pre-press software will duplicate the job to fit the press.
9. To avoid font issues send us the TTF (true type font) file that correspond to the fonts used in your artwork, along with your artwork file.
10. We recommend that all files be sent on disc if possible.
It is our practice to consider only digital art as production ready.
Additional charges will be incurred for scanning, typesetting and design.
SPECIFICS FOR SUPPLYING DIGITAL FILES.
Bleeds: Bleed is the term for printing that goes over the trimmed border of the paper, banner or vinyl, letting colour run right up
to the outer edge. All layout packages allow you set up for bleed. When we get your file we print it then
trim it to the required size. Any image outside the trim area is cut off, leaving colour running right up to the
freshly cut edge. For cutting purposes, BLEEDS MUST EXTEND 3mm beyond intended trim.
Borders: Inset borders must be al least 3mm inside the trim edge.
Rich Black: Larger areas of black will print beautifully if a "rich black" is used.We suggest making a new colour
using 40C, 40M, 40Y, 100K. This will produce a deep, lustrous black. Make sure text or fine lines are not set
to print in this “rich black”leave it 100K only.
Resolution: Black & White images (line art, logos):800 - 1200 dpi. Colour& Grayscale images:300 dpi or above at 100%
Colours: Colour images must be saved as CMYK (and not RGB).. Coloured elements such as type and backgrounds should
have an assigned CMYK colour.
Email proofs: (soft proofs) are available upon request, however, screen colours do not represent printed colours and
therefore cannot be used for colour proofing purposes. If colours are critical please send a colour proof along with any colour matches you require or request
a machine proof at an additional cost.
Pictures off the Internet: Some customers provide us with images that have been downloaded from the internet, and which are generally low resolution images intended for screen viewing, not printing. These will always print out
blurry, jagged and poor quality. Avoid using them if at all possible.
Pantones: If you use Pantone colours in a CMYK job our equipment will automatically convert the colour at the
printer, and the result is generally good. Most of these CMYK conversions are very similar, but some,
notably very bright colours like lime greens, bright oranges or reds, are less so. If you have access to a
Pantone Process Colour book, check these shades first to see if you'll be happy with the result.
Other Pantone colours such as fluorescents or metallics can't be reproduced at all using digital CMYK printers. This is true of any
CMYK output, either digital or conventional 4 colour printing.
However, if you do require metallic or fluorescent printed material please ask because we are able to produce these colours using other printing techniques.
Fonts: We prefer clients to use TrueType or Type 1 PostScript fonts.
Multiple Master fonts can cause problems,
and we prefer clients not to use them if they have a choice.
If using Microsoft Word or Publisher on
Windows, use TrueType fonts only, and embed them in the document to prevent the document from
reflowing.
Never apply styles such as Bold or Italic from the menu or keyboard. Instead, choose the correct version
of the font from your type menu (e.g. Times Roman Bold).
Choosing the Outline style rarely produces
acceptable results, either. Create your effect in a drawing program instead.
In Illustrator, Freehand or Coreldraw unusual fonts are best
converted to outlines to prevent printing problems.
Don't use pirated fonts, and avoid cheap or edited
ones. Most drawing applications let you convert fonts to outlines, which can be helpful in getting round
the problem of fonts that won't print.
Be very careful not to use the page layout software to "create" a font for which you do not have a printer
font - for instance you can create a bold italic for which a printer font does not exist, by selecting the text
and using command-shift I & B. If you do this, your output will be bitmapped. The safest way to avoid this
pitfall is to use the actual font list in your page layout software.
Supply us with all printer and screen fonts used in your document. TrueType are easier - they're only one
file. Be sure to include all fonts 'nested' in imported EPS files—these are very often missed.
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