Art Requirements depend on the method being used for decoration and the material to be decorated. For the best results follow these guidelines:
Foil Stamp or Emboss:
- All stamp or emboss projects require vector artwork with no placed images.
- Tints, screens, halftones or photographs are not supported in this decoration method.
- Very small or very fine details may be lost using this method. Contact Customer Service for guidance.
Spot Color for Silkscreen (Poly, Vinyl, Turned Edge or Chipboard):
- All spot color jobs require vector artwork with no placed images.
- Identify all spot colors in the correct Pantone Matching System for your project.
- Tints, screens, halftones or photographs will print with a large, visible dot pattern and banding may occur in gradients.
Spot Color for Offset (Paper Products)
- All spot color jobs require vector artwork with no placed images.
- Identify all spot colors in the correct Pantone Matching System for your project.
- Raster artwork is only acceptable for photographs and similar style artwork.
- Raster artwork should be 300 ppi at the 100% final size for best results.
4-Color Process:
- Vector artwork is preferred.
- Artwork should be in the CMYK color space to avoid unexpected color shifts.
- Raster artwork is only acceptable for photographs and similar style artwork.
- Raster artwork should be 300 ppi at the 100% final size for best results.
Software/File Formats
- Press-Ready Adobe Acrobat PDF files with appropriate bleed and crop marks are preferred.
- Native files of Adobe Creative Cloud Products (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator) are acceptable IF all fonts and linked files are included.
- If job files are too large to email, please contact customer service for a drop box link.
- If you are providing your files through your own large file transfer service, please verify that the permissions settings will allow the art department (art@leslieco.com) to access the files.