Best suited
for the following signs:
Wide-Format Digital
Printing
How your
AutoCAD file may reduce setup expense:
For Wide-Format
Digital Printing, please export your file to either a
.PDF, .TIF, .JPG or .EPS. We can then print the
resulting file as is.
Please follow the
checklist below to minimize extra setup expense.
Pre-Flight
Checklist:
Specific instructions
for making your file suit our equipment.
1. Convert
all Type to Outlines
We do not have
AutoCAD, and have been unable to determine if this
command is available.
If not, please verify that we have the needed fonts.
2. Provide
linked or placed files separately
Not all file formats
include copies of themselves when placed.
Placed images should be about 150 dpi at final output
size.
3. Save as
.PDF, .TIF, .JPG or .EPS
Some of our programs
feature the ability to import AutoCAD .DXF files, but
every attempt to date has been less than successful.
4. Provide a
printout of the design
This will allow us to
verify that your file opened correctly.
If you are ordering
by email, a flattened .JPG image will serve the purpose
of a printout.
Additional
Checklist For Cut Vinyl Graphics:
5. Eliminate
all paths that should not cut
It is common practice
to create a complex shape by stacking simple shapes of a
common color.
However, a vinyl cutter's knife will follow EVERY path.
Please simplify your shapes so that the only path is
around the outside of the shape (and any voids within
the shape).
Also, please make
sure objects are closed ...the knife will not follow a
path segment that's not there.
Please avoid duplicates of paths superimposed over each
other.
6. Eliminate
all print-only attributes
Cut Vinyl Graphics
are only capable of reproducing type and shapes of solid
color.
Eliminate all gradients, strokes, drop shadows, glows,
styles, effects, clipping masks, etc. ...The knife is
only going to follow the path itself.
