File Upload
Artwork Set-up

Photographs: 300 resolution or better (if you take a photo that is 72 resolution and make it 300, quality cannot be guaranteed but sometimes is fine)

  • tif: good
  • jpeg: sometimes good (but never good when downloaded from a web page)
  • psd: good (photoshop document) These are all rastorized files.

Graphics (clipart, logo, etc.): Remember that you cannot take a tif, jpg or psd and make it one of the following files. The original file has to be created in CorelDraw or Adobe Illustrator as a vector file.

  • ai (illustrator)
  • cdr (corel draw)
  • eps
  • wmf

Color:

  • RGB images are not acceptable—all files should be CMYK.
  • Call out Pantone Matching System (PMS) colors by number.
  • Color matching cannot be guaranteed. If this is critical to your project, please request a “press check”. There is an extra charge for this service.

Fonts:

  • Convert fonts to outlines/paths whenever possible.
  • TrueType fonts only.
  • Bold and Italic—ensure that your printer font has these styles built in before you use bold and/or italic from your program’s style menu.
  • Send all font files associated with the fonts you are using (i.e., all screen and printer font files).

When in doubt, send a PDF along with your native files!


PDFs are your friend! Primo PDF can be your BEST FRIEND!

If you don’t have Adobe Acrobat, but need to make a file into a PDF, you can now download a free program at www.primopdf.com that will allow you to make any document you can print into a PDF.

  1. Go to: www.primopdf.com
  2. Click on the Download – Free button
  3. You will be rerouted to CNet’s DOWNLOAD.COM site
  4. Click on the Download Now button
  5. When asked if you want to Run or Save the file, click Save and choose where you want to save the file (Hint: choose a place where you will be able to find it easily like on your desktop or a download folder)
  6. Once the free software download is completed, go to your chosen location, find the FreewarePrimo32Setup.exe file and double-click to install the free software. Follow the on-screen installation instructions.
Uploading files with YouSendIt.com

Graphics files are often too large to send via email. To send files up to 100 MB in size there’s a free website called YouSendIt.

To Send a File:

  1. Go to www.yousendit.com
  2. On the left side of the page is a form where you type in the email address(es) of your recipients, your email address, a subject and a message.
  3. Click the Browse… button and navigate to the folder on your computer where the file you want to send is located.
  4. Once you locate the file you want to upload, simply click the Open button in the Choose file dialog box. The dialog box will close and take you back to the yousendit.com form.
  5. Click the SEND IT button and wait for yousendit.com to tell you the file upload was successful.
  6. Both you and your recipient(s) will receive an email from yousendit.com letting you know that there is a file waiting to be downloaded.

To Get a File:

  1. If you receive an email from yousendit.com saying you have a file waiting for download, simply click the Download File button and www.yousendit.com’s website will open to the download now page.
  2. Click the DOWNLOAD NOW button. In the Save As dialog box choose the location on your computer where you would like to save the file you are about to download. Click Save and the file will be saved on your computer.
  3. Once the download is complete, unless you have the Close this dialog box when download completes box checked, you will be given the option to open the file. If not, simply locate the downloaded file on your computer in your previously specified location.

How to use Primo PDF:
  1. After you have installed Primo PDF it will appear in your list of printers.
  2. From your file authoring program (Word, Excel, Publisher, etc.) choose File > Print.
  3. Select Primo PDF from your available printers and click OK.
  4. The Primo PDF window will appear. Enter a name and location for the new PDF and be sure to choose Prepress under PDF Settings. By choosing Prepress, you will be saving the document as a high resolution PDF which is essential for the best quality print job.
  5. Click Save.
  6. Primo PDF will convert your document to a PDF and will open your Adobe Reader program and show you the newly created PDF. Congratulations! You just made a PDF! Now share this information with everyone!