Layout requirements

  • file format for printing:

    • Photoshop EPS or TIFF
      no layers, no fonts.
    • printing with white color - Photoshop EPS DCS 2.0
      (white color as separate Spot Channel with name White_Ink)
    WE DO NOT ACCEPT AI, EPS, CorelDraw, QuarkExpress vector files for printing! Please at least export them into TIFF format from your drawing program in real size with resolution referred below.
    You may find the description of multilayer printing mode here: http://litos.kiev.ua/multilayer.html You may find the example how to create a file with white colour here: http://litos.kiev.ua/white.html
  • file format for plotter cutting and milling:

    • save the cutting line in CDR, AI, EPS, PLT vector format.

    You may find the example how to create file for cutting here: http://litos.kiev.ua/porezka.html
    Add 3mm fields for cutting in printing file. Take into consideration the cutting diameter while preparing the file for milling.
  • scale 1:1, image resolution (dot per inch):

    • photo-quality and interior works - 100-300DPI
    • posters smaller than 3x4m - 56DPI
    • posters bigger than 3x4m - 28DPI
    • posters bigger than 5x12m - 16DPI
    * there is no point of making large resolution, because files will be reduced to these parameters before printing anyway. 
  • CMYK color mode

    ICC profile for Photoshop: SWOP Coated, Medium black generation, dot gain 20%
    * embedded profiles will be ignored while printing
  • Corporate or special colours

    are agreed separately according to CMYK interpretation in palette PANTONE color bridge CMYK PC
    use the same palette with the same name in Photoshop

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