Debco Your Solutions Provider | Artwork Submission

DEBCO accepts the following methods of submitting artwork:

• Via E-mail: Artwork can be submitted directly to DEBCO, at the following e-mail address: artdept@debcosolutions.com

PLEASE NOTE: THIS ADDRESS IS FOR ARTWORK ONLY. PLEASE DIRECT CUSTOMER SERVICE REQUESTS OR CONCERNS TO YOUR SALES REPRESENTATIVES.

• Camera ready artwork

All camera ready artwork must be high resolution at minimum 600 dots per inch at 100% size.

• E-mailing artwork

IMPORTANT: E-MAILS RECEIVED WITHOUT IDENTIFICATION WILL BE RETURNED TO SENDER DELAYING THE PRODUCTION TIME.

Please include the following information within the subject line of your e-mail message:

1. Company Name (if you are a distributor) or the name of the distributor that you are working for.
2. Your purchase order number.
3. The product for which art is intended for.
4. Name of software and version and names of the attached files.

Using the latest in technology on Macintosh based systems, DEBCO has the latest software versions of Adobe Illustrator (.ai). For all other software, please send files as an encapsulated postscript (.eps) file. Such files are generally acceptable, as long as the file has been exported as an .eps file and not merely renamed as such.

File Management Requirements
Adobe Illustrator : Files should be saved as Illustrator EPS files and in the native Illustrator 11.0 or earlier format.
In cases in which two different colours are touching (close registration) a 0.5 to 1.0 point trap must exist between the two colours. You must convert all fonts to outlines (lines and curves).

Please supply multi colour files as SPOT colour separations and indicate exact PMS colour numbers. Four colour process files requiring separation are not considered camera ready.

UNACCEPTABLE ARTWORK

The following are not considered acceptable artwork:
- business cards
- low resolution/low quality photocopies
- four colour process prints
- negative film
- colour transparency film
- PDF files - GIF files - JPEG’s
- embossed/textured images to scan
- coloured bitmaps/tifs
- images from the web
- text that is smaller than 8 point size

UNACCEPTABLE FILE FORMATS

- Microsoft Word documents
- Power Point presentations

Note: Microsoft Office programs are not graphic programs and are not acceptable file formats

ART RECONSTRUCTION

Debco now offers redrawing of artwork that does not meet our art specifications. Any art sent that is bitmap, tifs, gifs, jpgs and low resolution vector art, we can redraw for a flat fee of $55.00 (G).

The turnaround time is approximately 24-48 hours to have the artwork redrawn. We will inform you upon receipt of your artwork via e-mail if the art does not meet our requirements and will offer to redraw your artwork. When we receive approval via e-mail from you to proceed with the redraw, the process will be put into motion to have your art redrawn.