Artwork Requirements
Note: All files must be PC compatible*

Art Preferred to work with:

• CorelDraw 11 or lower
  All text as curves (aka paths / outlines)
  

• Adobe Illustrator 8 or lower (for PC)
  All text as paths (aka curves)
  

• EPS (text as curves/paths, at least 300 dpi)

Art for Visual Purposes ONLY:

• BMP (windows bitmap)
  

• JPG (pronounced: jay-peg)
  

• PCX
  

• TIFF (at least 300 dpi)

*Must be Vector Art (line art), NOT bitmaps

ALWAYS, please provide a printed copy of the artwork enclosed with disk or sent separately by fax. For multi-color jobs, please include a composite (saved in CMYK or Pantone Process colors and not R-G-B) as well as printed separations.

When creating your art, be sure to eliminate any extraneous colors, patterns, and any other element that may be invisible or behind other layers. Where colors touch, it may be necessary to create traps. Your artwork must be prepared so that the colors are in an editable format. If not, additional charges may be incurred.

Before sending your artwork, it is a good idea to import your exports to assure the artwork has been processed intact. If you have a successful import, chances are good that we will also.

To send the art electronically, click on the attachment icon (paper clip in most systems) within your e-mail messaging box. Locate the desired file for attachment and click on it, it will automatically be attached to the transmission. Please include the following with any art transmission: your company name, contact name, telephone and fax numbers, purchase order number, ship-to information, in-hands date, and any special instructions along with all pertinent details for the product(s) being ordered; qty, product numbers, imprint colors, etc. Follow up with a faxed transmission of the same information and image.

Art files may be e-mailed with the requirements listed below - or - sent on 3 ½ diskette, zip disk, Jaz disk or CD.

Our art dept e-mail address: graphics@plspecialties.com
Our art dept contact: Eric (Scooter) Sousa
Our fax: (603) 641-2266
Our physical address: 11 Lance Lane, Goffstown, NH 03045

Image area for 12 oz and 16.9 oz beverage labels: 2.875" wide x 2.25" high
Image area for 1 liter spring water label: 3.50" wide x 2.80" high

Acceptable formats (in order of preference): Corel Draw V8.0, Corel Draw 3.0 - 7.0, Adobe Illustrator for PC 7.0 or lower. EPS files can be accepted but must be black and white exactly to size. Call for more information. Many other formats are supported, but we prefer to work with the above formats which have proven to be stable. Please check with your sales representative or our graphics department if you wish to submit a file in any other format.