File Help

Get help with how to set up your files for printing, laser cutting, and etching and label printing and cutting by following the instructions below.

Setup file to print with a bleed

1. Make sure your document has .125 bleed on it
   
2. When Exporting or Saving as a PDF select “Press Quality”
   
3. When Exporting or Saving as a PDF make sure you include the bleed and crop
   

Setup file to print with specialty colors

1. GOLD TONER SETUP
   1. Import vector objects, draw and fill a shape, or select text that will have the Gold Dry Ink applied in Adobe® Illustrator®.
   2. Add a new layer and name it Gold. Cut and paste your objects to that layer.
   3. Add PANTONE® 871C Gold to your file. Designate it as a spot color and name it “Gold”.
   4. Select the objects in your layer and fill them with the Gold color. If the objects will be placed on top of a photograph or field of color and you do not want the background to show through, select Knockout Group. Save your file as an EPS for placement in Adobe® InDesign® using the standard settings for EPS export. Or save the Illustrator PDF using the press quality setting.
   Tip: Set the gold as 65% to make it look more shimmery
2. WHITE TONER SETUP
   1. Import vector objects, draw and fill a shape, or select text that will have the White Dry Ink applied in Adobe® Illustrator®.
   2. Add a new layer and name it White. Cut and paste your objects to that layer.
   3. Add swatch 100% Cyan to your file. Designate it as a spot color and name it “White”.
   4. Select the objects in your layer and fill them with the White color. If the objects will be placed on top of a photograph or field of color and you do not want the background to show through, select Knockout Group. Save your file as an EPS for placement in Adobe® InDesign® using the standard settings for EPS export. Or save the Illustrator PDF using the press quality setting.

Creating a pdf file for label printing

1. Give the art a .0625 bleed
2. The die should have a stroke of 1pt and no fill. Set it up as a spot color named “DIE”.
   
3. Save as “Press Quality” PDF with the bleeds included.

Creating files for laser cutting

1. Create a separate layer named “DIE” add the die into that layer
2. The die should be a stoke with a weight of .01pt and black. No fill
3. When saving the PDF save it with layers