Artwork Guidelines for Bags

When designing or creating artworks of bags being sent for Gravure printing, please take into consideration the following issues:

* Contact information, Company name, detailed address of your company, City, State, ZIP, Phone number, etc
* Layout must be suitable for Gravure printing.
* Detailed specifications & sizes should be included in the job.
* Barcodes must be placed vertically.
 
** Please see below example of a bag with full information necessary.

Acceptable file formats for printing:

The printing files can be sent via E-mail or CD, customer can also provide download links to us and we will down load the file by ourselves. The files must be in one of the formats as below:
* Adobe Illustrator format
* EPS format
* PDF format
*JPG format over 300kb

When sending by E-mail, please include: High resolution images, Tiffs, Eps files, Embedded images & Fonts. We don’t accept low resolution images. If file is large please send us the link for dowloading.
All text or fonts in the design should be converted into curves/paths as to avoid registration problem in different computer systems. Fonts in the file must be included if they are not turned into curves. An 8-point font is the smallest recommended.

As to ensure a high quality printing, all picture resolutions should be at least CMYK module 300 dpi at 1:1 size.

Color swatches:

Colors and their pantone numbers should be clearly labeled if it is necessary.
Spot colors are best for matching specific colors. If possible, please list number of colors used in the job. Printing colors will be matched accordingly to CMYK and spot color to PANTONE standards.