Artwork Specifications

Photographic Scans:
When preparing photographic artwork for super-wide format reproduction, we recommend 4" x 5" transparencies for scans. Otherwise 35mm transparencies will suffice. It is also important that images are professionally scanned and colour corrected with a high end drum scanner.

Colour Proofs:
Please supply a printed colour proof or a seperate pdf of each image to be printed. We require this as a visual reference to ensure that nothing drops out in the process. It need not be colour accurate but should show explicitly any PMS colours that you would like us to match.

If no proof is supplied then it will delay your job as we will create and send you a PDF proof for you to approve before we commence printing.

Scaling, Resolution and File Size:
Contact us for information regarding scaling, resolution and file size for specific printer requirements.

File Formats:
Recommended:
Photoshop CS2 (Mac/PC) TIFF, EPS, JPG,PSD
Illustrator CS2 (Mac/PC) AI, EPS
QuarkXpress 6.5 (Mac) QXD,EPS
InDesign CS2 (Mac/PC) INDD, EPS

Other Formats:
Acrobat 7 (Mac/PC) PDF
Freehand 11 (Mac) editable EPS
Corel Draw 10 (Mac/PC) EPS, AI, CDR

Please ensure overprint is turned off on all layers and supply all fonts outlined for EPS and AI files.

*(no trapping or overprint required for digital printing)

Accepted File Media:
CD-ROM (Mac/PC)
DVD (Mac/PC)

Email: prepress@vivadsider.com.au (for files less than 8 Megabytes only)