Print & Design Specifications -  pdf file

E media ink also offers professional graphic design services to develop your artwork.  The cost for creating custom CD artwork is $100.00.  Please remove our design template before saving the file so we can place the artwork into our design program template.  If you do not remove the templates, the die lines, etc, will print on your finished art.

Preferred Applications:
Adobe Illustrator (ai), Adobe Illustrator EPS (.eps).  Please include all embedded and linked image files, logos and printer and screen fonts used in your artwork. 

Accepted Applications:
Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, QuarkXpress, In-Design and Press-Ready PDF.

Acceptable Image Format & Image Resolution:
300dpi TIFF or better.  Please try not to have images that are below 300 dpi for print.

Colors:
Please use CMYK or PMS.  Artwork done in Adobe Illustrator with both CMYK and PMS will incur additional printing costs.  Printing 4 color artwork over a white flood is standard.  If   PMS is used, please use only the Pantone Coated Color Library for PMS colors.  If there are going to be transparent areas on the disc, please specify them and refer to the graphic below:

Fonts:
Please outline your fonts whenever possible.  Type 1 PostScript fonts recommended.  Please include all fonts in a separate file with disc art if possible.  Please do not ”stylize” any fonts. Use correct version (i.e. Helvetica Bold Italic).  We are a PC-based company but have full Mac capabilities.

Electronic Files
Art files need to be “zipped or stuffed” when being sent via email or ftp.

Review Process:
E media reviews each design and will correct minor errors at no charge.  If we see larger problems with your artwork, we will contact you to discuss the issues.  In all cases, you will be approving a “Final Proof” (pdf or jpg) from our factory before production.