Prepress Requirements

PRE-PRESS DEPARTMENT SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

ACCEPTABLE FORMATS:

The most time and cost effective formats for artwork submission are Adobe Illustrator files (Mac OS platform verion CS2 or earlier) saved as either .AI, .EPS, or .PDF with all text converted to vector outlines.

If embedding art in any of the following raster formats, please adhere to these resolution settings (these also apply when applying compression/downsampling settings to PDFs):

Bitmap: 1200 dpi for rasterized line art

tiff: 300 dpi for grayscale

jpeg: 300 dpi for grayscale

If you cannot supply an Adobe Illustrator .Ai, .EPS, or .PDF, we can work with the following applications, but their use incurs a $50 reformatting charge:
Quark Xpress 6.0/InDesign CS2 (Mac OS platform): Please include fonts and images used.
Adobe Photoshop CS2 or earlier (Mac OS platform): PSD, TIFF, EPS, PDF, JPEG. If your PSD file contains text layers, convert them to vector outlines.

SENDING YOUR FILES

E-mail artwork as an attachment to art@sheppardenvelope.com as well as our CSR, and include in the body of the email the name of your Shepco CSR, and the purchase order number associated wtih your order. If you wish, fax a hard copy of the artwork to 508-754-3108.

Ship/Mail electronic artwork on CD/DVD (include hard copy of contents in package) to Sheppard Envelope, ATTN: Prepress Dept., 133 Southbridge Street, Auburn, MA 01501

IN GENERAL, art or copy that must be re-worked comes under the same heading as author's alterations, and changes are charged @$50 per hour, with a $30 minimum. If you are using an outside design studio, please include yourself as an additional e-mail recipient of the art and carefully proof read it. Keep us knowledgeable about the job by faxing us the copy that's on a disc, or is being e-mailed.

Any questions or concerns, no matter how seemingly small, please contact our pre-press department at 800-325-6622, or 508-791-5588, and ask for Pre-press. Via email: art@sheppardenvelope.com.

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