By submitting artwork or photography you confirm that you have been given proper authority by the copyright owner or rights-holder to use all material.
OTTO reserves the right to require evidence in writing that such permissions have been secured from the copyright owner or rights-holder.
When sending artwork, please include the following:
• Production-ready artwork
• All job specifications, including final size, colors used, quantities, and other details such as substrate and lamination
• PDF or color proof of the artwork, for the purposes of identifying the contents of your disk or file. This is not intended for color matching purposes.
• Purchase order number (if applicable), billing and shipping information
Production-ready artwork should consist of:
• Files built at 100% of or proportional to the finished size.
• All fonts should be outlined or fonts should be provided.
• Colors are fully specified in the artwork, in the same manner as required for output.
• Full color and grayscale images are 200 to 300 dpi at final size.
• Images are RGB, CMYK, Grayscale or Bitmap mode.
• Images should be saved as TIFF (with LZW compression if possible), JPEG (use very high quality settings), or EPS format. Any linked images MUST be included with the production files. It's also a good idea to include images even if they are embedded.
• Artwork should include bleed of 1/8" where applicable.
• Copy should have a margin of 1/8" from the trim.
• PMS numbers or swatches should be included if necessary.
Software/File Format
Adobe Illustrator is the file format that is preferred at Otto Printing & Entertainment Graphics.
The following file types are also acceptable:
• Adobe PhotoShop (include flattened and uflattened file)
• Adobe InDesign (please Preflight files and use "Package" command to ensure that all lined files are included)
• Quark XPress (please contact us before setting up files in this application)
If using files from application other than those listed above, please contact your Account Executive for assistance and advice.
Image Resolution
Printing requires files of a certain resolution to create a quality image. Files in the range of 200 to 300 dpi at the finished size are acceptable. Files over 300 dpi at finished size are unnecessary, and can create longer printing times with no gain in quality. If placing an image file into Illustrator (or other application), you will need to consider the scaling factor of the image as well. If you place a file at 300 dpi and then scale it to 25% of its original size, your placed file will be 1200 dpi, well above what is necessary. |
