Artwork should be provided at FULL SIZE in Adobe Illustrator, Encapsulated Post Script (eps), Portable Docutment Format (pdf), or Flex-Sign file formats. Please remember to convert all strokes and fonts to outlines. If using design software that supports layers (e.g. Adobe Illustrator), please remember to collapse all layers. Colors should be either Pantone Spot Colors (solid coated) or converted to the CMYK color-space. If the file contains raster graphics, be aware of output resolution.
For output on the following substrates, please provide a thin black line at the finished size of the sign: polystyrene, foamcore, Gatorfoam, PVC, PSA-vinyl, unfinished banners (i.e. no hems), vehicle magnets, aluminum.
For finished banners (i.e. hemmed), provide a 1" bleed and put a thin black line at the edge of the bleed (example: a 36" x 96" finished banner will have a bleed and black line at 38" x 98"). For two-sided finished banners, don't forget to keep your important graphic elements more than 1" from the edge (otherwise the folded hem will cover those elements on one side of the banner).
For coroplast with no bleed; include a white box behind your artwork at the finished size of the sign - NO BLACK LINE. Also remember to keep all artwork 1" from the edge of the sign.
For coroplast with full bleed; include a box with the bleed color at the finished size of the sign. Remember to keep all graphic elements other than the bleed 1" from the edges of the sign.
Don't forget to specify the direction of coroplast flutes
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