Art Specifications for Graphic Submissions 

First of all, we know getting the artwork in the right format is tough. We want to work with you. We will do basic typesetting with all our cool fonts and any mascot in our collection absolutely free. If you need a pretty specific design or want us to recreate something for you, there is a very reasonable art fee of $35 hour.

 

If you believe your artwork is camera ready, then e-mail it to art@k12team.com.
For files larger than 3 MB, please .zip or .sit your files and use our sister companies' FTP site at http://www.k-read.net/upload, user: upload and password: upload.

 

Format

We are Macintosh-based in the design department (Adobe Illustrator 8), but we can accept both PC (Adobe Illustrator 10) and Macintosh platform files.  

 

Submitting Camera Read Art

Digital Files are needed but a professionally prepared b/w stat can be also used.

Send only original, native vector .eps files 

Macintosh (MAC) format is preferred, but PC format is acceptable if created properly

Art files should be created in Adobe Illustrator 10 or lower versions, Macromedia Freehand, CorelDraw*.

 

Fonts (any text) should be outlined or set to curves, as they may not translate on our end and will default to another font.

 

Important for CS users

We DO NOT guarantee usability of any Illustrator CS files. If you have art created in this format, you will need to open the files in a lower version of Illustrator and save down to a Illustrator 8, eps. DO NOT save down versions from CS, as it does not save down versions properly. Allow several days to work through the prepress process if you have CS. Please note: if you have to send from CS-"export" files to illustrator 8 .eps (legacy) files. This will not ensure that the files will not corrupt, but we can try to see if it works.

 

Important for CorelDraw users

All CorelDraw (CDR) files must be saved as an Adobe Illustrator EPS (Adobe Illustrator, EPS, Curves.)  

All files must be saved as EPS and all text converted to outline. EPS format files provide superior reproduction quality allowing images to be resized with no loss of sharpness or detail.

 

Hard Copy

Crisp black and white printed artwork of 600 dpi or higher is acceptable. Mailed not faxed. We recommend sending  black and white laser prints at 200% larger than size to be printed. Art will then be scanned and streamlined into a useable format.  

 

Please Note…the following is not camera ready

Photographs, slides, transparencies, halftone (grayscale) art, low  resolution laser printed artwork of less than 600 dpi,  photocopies, faxed art, letterhead, business cards, web images or any other art  that needs to be touched-up, color separated, or multi-color art to be made  one-color or otherwise improved.

 

Scans, stats, or Photoshop files placed in Illustrator are not considered camera ready either. Remember, you can never make it better than the original. 

 

Do not send art files from  the following Mac or PC platforms: BMP, Photoshop, JPG, GIF, PICT, or  TIFF. Do not attempt to save these files in an acceptable format. We cannot guarantee files sent from PC platforms (BMP, DOC, GIF, PICT, PPT) or any  other than our preferred file formats or acceptable software will be usable.  

 

PC files such as DOC, EXE, PCX, PPT, P65, or XLS are NEVER acceptable. These file  formats are generally low resolution-- only suitable for viewing on-screen-- not  for printing and cannot be appropriately modified.  

 

Spot Color File  Format (one, two, or three colors, not four-color process)

Adobe  Illustrator and Macromedia Freehand Workable EPS (Encapsulated Postscript) files  with text converted to outline are preferred. A laser print of art marked with PMS color numbers should be included. Photoshop PSD, RGB or CMYK files in any  file format for spot color orders are not acceptable. 

 

When Sending (Full Color) Artwork

Four-Color Process File Formats should only be sent as 300 DPI, JPEG, TIFF and Photoshop EPS  files are acceptable for CMYK (Four-Color Process). Also acceptable are  Quark Xpress and Photoshop files for four-color process only. However, all support files  (graphics, placed images and fonts) must be included when placed in page layout programs. These files cannot be used for spot color orders. 

 

Send us the artwork:

Fax or mail a copy  of the artwork prior to sending digital artwork. Fax must include company name,  phone number, and order number.   

 

You may compress files to reduce sending time or to fit on a disk. Acceptable Mac compression files include SIT or SEA (StuffIt) or HQX (BinHex).

  

Whew...

It was almost easier in the days before desktop publishing. Again, we're happy to do the art for you so you do not have to navigate the graphic arts world to prepare your art.