Artwork Guidelines
NEMA uses the latest graphic design software to better serve your graphic design, marketing & printing needs. We can accept almost all Digital File Formats. Some will require conversions in order for them to be compatible with our mac-based design department. Below is a list of preferred file formats and a list of acceptable formats plus a few guidelines to keep in mind when submitting art to us.
Preferred Application & Media Formats
MAC & PC versions of:
- Adobe Indesign
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Acrobat
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Quark Xpress 7
MAC & PC formated:
- CD-ROM
- DVD-ROM
- FTP
Accepted Application & Media Formats
MAC & PC versions of:
- Microsoft Word*
- Microsoft Publisher*
- Microsoft Excel*
MAC & PC formated:
- 3 1/2" Floppy (PC format only)
- 100mb Zip disk
- Hard copy
*Microsoft Programs such as PowerPoint, Publisher, Excel and Word are NOT Pre-Press Ready. These are presentation programs only and are therefore not acceptable for commercial print use. If a client's art was created in these programs, NEMA will re-create the art into an acceptable printable format.
GENERAL GUIDELINES:
FONTS & IMAGES: Please be sure when submitting files in Quark, Illustrator or Indesign that you include all support files & fonts (both screen & printer).IMAGE RESOLUTION: For an image to print properly, the image must be at least 300 dots per inch (DPI) at the final output size. DO NOT change a low resolution image to a higher one by increasing the DPI in your imaging program. Whenever possible send artwork in vector format for vectors are resolution independent.
COREL DRAW: Files created in Corel Draw must be exported (from the EXPORT Menu) as .ai files. All type & Placed images must be supplied along with the file.