Designing your Own Piece?

If you are a designer, please carefully review our art submission requirements to get an idea of what we need to print a high quality piece. Here are a couple more guidelines to help you as well:

• Layout:
  • Setup the front and back sides of the card as two separate pages (do not create both sides in a single file or page)
  • Size your piece according to the sizing chart below
  • Ensure all critical text, graphics and logos are a minimum of .125 inches from the edges of the card, so they don't get cut off when trimmed
  • We recommend you don't put a border around the edge as it may not look even on all sides when cut down
  • Sizing:
    • Standard Postcards - 4.25" x 6"
    • Oversized Postcards - 5.5" x 8.5"
    • Business Cards - 2" x 3.5"
    
    
    
    For sizing on other pieces, email our production department.
    
    
• Artwork & Graphics:
  • All art files, including backgrounds must be at a minimum resolution of 300 dpi
  • Art files must be in the following file formats:
    • JPEG
    • TIFF
    • PDF
    • EPS
    • PSD
  • Do not use artwork pulled from the web as it will not look sharp in the final printed piece.
  
  
  
  Scans
  
  If you use a scanner, be sure to scan the art or photographs as close to the final size as possible and scan them at 300-350 dpi. Be careful scanning another printed piece because it may show the dots from the printing.
  
  Stock Art
  
  We keep a library of stock art here at BOOM! and we will do our best to provide you with an image. There are also a number of websites online where you can review and purchase art for yourself. Some of them are listed below. Remember that you are looking for "print-quality" art (300-350 dpi.) so make sure you get the right file. Also, we recommend you buy royalty free art so you can use it again and again without paying more.
  
  www.gettyone.com
  www.rubberball.com
  www.digitalvision.com
  www.corbisimages.com
  
  
• Color:
  • Use only CMYK colors. We can not print RGB or Pantone
  • Compose all solid black areas using Rich Black (C-50, M-20, Y-20, K-100)
• Fonts:
  
  Please use Postscript fonts and specifically call for each font rather than stylizing them. When you send your file, please include both the printer and screen fonts.
  
  
• How to Send Your Files
  
  When completed with your design, you can upload the files here, email them or mail them to us. For our address see our contact page.
  
  Please send only the files related to your piece on a CD or Zip disk and put your company clearly on it. You can send them in the following file formats:
  • Photoshop (convert to EPS or TIFF)
  • Illustrator (convert fonts to outlines)
  • PDF (print quality)
  • JPEG (300 dpi or more)
  • EPS (convert fonts to outlines/curves/paths)PDF,
  • TIFF
  
  
  
  If you have any questions or need any help, you can always email our production department. Good luck!
  
  

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