It is advisable to check the compatibility of your programmes with us before dispatching artwork. However, provided it is supplied as a vector file with all fonts converted to outlines there should not be a problem. Please ensure a proof is supplied showing any special instructions. Artwork should be adapted to suit screen process printing. Colour separations, trapping, order of printing colours can be significantly different to lithographic printing.
It is always preferable to
supply line artwork for these products but this does not rule out halftone
or four colour process work provided the design allows for any screen resolution
restrictions.We suggest that any tints are between 30% and 70%.
Most brochure holders are printed on clear material, therefore White is counted
as a colour. Backgrounds produced as a dot screen tint of the main colour
are not advisable and will usually be printed as a special solid colour.When preparing designs for printing onto any of these products it
is not possible to print right to the edge of the holder. Allowance must be
made for the curves at the sides, the print area can not be less than 5mm
from any horizontal edge or 10mm from any vertical edge.
Please refer to our product templates
for detailed information.
BROCHURE HOLDERS & COLOUR MATCHING: Certain colours may appear slightly transparent when printed
on to clear products.
This is due to the pigments used in the manufacture of the inks. In many cases
a background colour, such as White, will have to be printed.
COLOUR MATCHING: We use the Pantone reference system. If a reference colour is not available then a suitable swatch should be supplied. Adjustments have to be made to suit the substrate. Curtis Screenprint maintain and continually develop a data base which contains the formula for any colour that we mix.