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Services for Large Format Printing

Overview | Software Compatibility | Scan Size | Color Management
File Set Up and Pre-Flight | Upload Files

To avoid unnecessary delays in creating your final output, please use the following "Pre-Flight Checklist" before sending your artwork. If you have a question about how to prepare, please call our customer service team at (508) 872-3280.

Page Layout, Dimensions, Proportions and Bleed

It is important to establish the correct size and proportions at the beginning of the design. Please note that it is not necessary to put a project together at 100% of the final size in your page layout. Pages can be built at 50% or 25% of scale so long as the project's dimensions are proportional to the desired final size. For example: if the final printed size is 48x96, you can prepare the page layout at 24x48. We will magnify your file to the final dimensions prior to printing the job.

Please add a 1/2 inch bleed around all the final print dimensions. If you are designing with a 50% or a 25% scale, the bleed should be set at 1/4" or 1/8" to avoid unnecessary cost.

Drop Shadows Created in Illustrator

Please do not use the Drop Shadow filter in Illustrator. This filter is known to cause undesirable bitmapping. If you are creating soft edge drop shadows in Illustrator, use the Drop Shadow Effect. This effect requires that the document be prepared at 100% of the final output size.

Fonts

Please send all fonts (both screen and printer) that you used in your document, including fonts used in any placed EPS files. If you used standard fonts, but renamed them, your files won't image unless we have the renamed fonts. If you used standard fonts but adjusted their tracking or kerning, your files won't image correctly unless you include both the screen and printer fonts.

Supporting Files

Please send us all supporting files that you used in building your document(s), including the native files that you used to create any EPS files. If images have been embedded in Illustrator, please include the separate image files as well.

Hard Copy

Please send us a "Hard Copy" output of your file - B&W or Color Laser will be fine. You can fax it us at to (508) 872-7364 or email a PDF file to csr@icl-imaging.com. It is the only way we have of proofing your order.

Logo Art

When supplying us with Logo Art, it is best to send a "vector" or an "outlines" version done in Freehand or Illustrator. Please avoid a Photoshop file, since this will work only if it is a very high resolution image.

Checklist

Did you include both the Screen and Printer Fonts?
Are all support files included? (i.e. high res files, image files)
Did you include an up-to-date B&W or Color print out of the files?
Did you specify all PMS colors on your laser?
Are the scans the correct file size for the size and output device? (Call our customer service team if you are unsure.)

Did you specify final output size and check proportions?
Are there any special color matching instructions?
Have you included artwork, chromes or negatives for scanning?
Have you indicated any special retouching instructions? Proof?
Did you delete those files that are not part of your final image?

Save Your Work

It is best practice to save your work in the native format of the application that you are working in, i.e., Illustrator .ai; Quark Xpress .qxd; Freehand .fh. We encourage you to create printable PDFs that are generated based on our PDF Job Options. Predictable output is one of the advantages of using PDF files.