Artwork Requirements

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The following information is to minimize your pre-press time and to help Sonntag produce your graphics as quickly as possible. This information will provide you with the types of artwork required to produce the best quality for your screen-printing projects.

Macintosh Preferred Programs	PC Preferred Programs
PageMaker Version 6.5 or higher	PageMaker Version 6.5 or higher
Quark XPress Version 3.3 or higher	Quark XPress Version 3.3 or higher
Adobe Illustrator Version 7.0 or higher	Adobe Illustrator Version 7.0 or higher
Macintosh Accepted Programs	PC Accepted Programs
Photoshop Version 4.0 or higher	Photoshop Version 4.0 or higher
FreeHand Version 7.0 or higher	Freehand Version 7.0 or higher
Corel Draw PC Version 6.0 or higher	Corel Draw PC Version 6.0 or higher
Export file as .eps Compatibility: Adobe Illustrator 3.0	Export file as .eps Compatibility: Adobe Illustrator 3.0
Save Windows as Adobe Illustrator 3.0	Save Windows as Adobe Illustrator 3.0
Adobe Illustrator Windows Version 7.0 or higher	Adobe Illustrator Windows Version 7.0 or higher
Save Windows as Adobe Illustrator 3.0, export file as .eps	Save Windows as Adobe Illustrator 3.0, export file as .eps
Compatibility: Adobe Illustrator 3.0, export text as curves	Compatibility: Adobe Illustrator 3.0, export text as curves

 

Font Information

Convert text to paths, curves or outlines (vector art, text that becomes an object and no longer be edited as text). If this is not possible, send in Mac compatible Type 1 screen and printer fonts used for job to be printed.

File Information

You must include all EPS and TIFF files used for the job to be printed. A copy of every file used in creating the document is mandatory in order to separate and trap all art on final piece including photoshop layered files. Failure to provide supporting files may result in quality control output of final printed piece. We can accept compressed files: Disk Doubler and Stuffit (Mac); zip (DOS).

Color Information

When assigning a color to art or text, please use a Pantone color; this will work for process or spot colors (convert to vector art for spot colors).

File Storage

Macintosh or DOS formatted 3.5" Diskettes
Macintosh or DOS formatted Iomega ZIP drives, 100 MB
Macintosh or DOS formatted Iomega JAZ drives, 1 GB
Macintosh or DOS formatted CD ROM

Computer files may also be transfer via E-mail and FTP

FTP: ftp://ftpuser@mail.sonntaginc.com

E-mail address is art@sonntaginc.com