If you’d like to supply your own artwork we kindly request that it’s sent over in .PDF print-ready format. If you’re unable to create a print-ready .PDF file, we charge a £20.00 artwork fee to create a print-ready .PDF for you.
We understand that supplying artwork for commercial printers can be a bit of a minefield (there are way too much jargon and technical terminology!) so here at School Banners and Signs, we try to keep things as simple as possible. We’re here to help you if you have any questions!
When you’ve placed an order simply send your artwork through to us via email sales@schoolbannersandsigns.co.uk (or via our large file service Click Here) Once we’ve received your artwork we’ll do a comprehensive check over it and email through a proof for you to sign off before printing starts.
If you would like to supply us with a print-ready .PDF file please read on to see our technical specifications (please note that these aren’t requirements, although it’ll certainly speed up the process as you won’t need to sign off your design).
Please check the following:
- Add 3mm bleed.
- Keep 4mm safety margin
- Use CMYK as the colour mode
- Resolution of at least 300dpi
- Fonts should be at least 6pt
- Make sure the ink coverage isn’t higher than 300%
- Save your file in uneditable, print-ready file format
- Convert fonts to outlines or embed all the fonts
- Use the right values for full colour black
- Check like thickness
- Check your artwork on overprint
