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ARTWORK E-MAIL

Please forward electronic artwork for imprint orders to art@luscangroup.com .

ARTWORK FEES

Artwork clean-up, touch-ups, typesetting, or resizing requiring less than 1/2 hour is free. Any additional artwork time spent by the factory will be billed at $20.00 per 1/2 hour. Luscangroup will only notify you of this additional charge if it exceeds 1/2 hour of additional time or $20.00. If you send low resolution artwork, we will assume that you want us to clean it and will bill you accordingly.

LOGO PLACEMENT AND SIZING

Unless a specific size is indicated on your purchase order, Luscangroup will determine the most appropriate size for your imprint. If no imprint area is indicated, we reserve the right to decorate in the area most suitable for the artwork and method specified.

ARTWORK LABELING

To help us match your e-mailed or hard copy artwork to your order, indicate the following information with your artwork:

1. Order number
2. Contact name and phone number (with extension)
3. Format used
4. Color choice

Failure to provide all necessary information may delay the processing of your order. 

ACCEPTABLE FILE FORMATS

Embroidery: DST. If digitizing is required, please send art in an acceptable camera-ready format.

Laser Engraving: Art supplied for laser engraving must be completely vectorized and cannot have any tints, strokes or colors (images must be completely comprised of 100% solid black fills).

4 Color Process: Files supplied for 4 color process must conform to the following standards: minimum resolution must be 300 dots per inch or greater @ 100% size, tints can range between 0% and 100% and can be comprised of multiple colors. Note that a minimum of 1/8" bleed from actual size of product is required for any 4 color process imprint bleeding over the edge of the decoration area. The use of straight borders close to the edge is not recommended for these products. Please be advised that due to fluctuations in material, temperature and process there will be noticeable variation in color when producing 4 color process jobs. Exact PMS color matching cannot be guaranteed for all 4 color process imprints and a customer supplied color hard copy will be mandatory for all jobs of this nature.

Other Methods: Vector artwork (.eps, .ai, or .cdr). All fonts must be converted to curves to avoid font substitutions. Screen printing (silk screening) requires color separation for each print color.

Artwork received in a format other than vector may result in additional art charges.

CAMERA READY ART SPECIFICATIONS

Camera ready art is artwork that can be scanned without any preparation or changes. Type and image are sharp, clean and consistent in density. Art is black and white only and does not contain any colors or tints (shades of color/grey). Digital files must be with output at 600 dpi or higher @ 100% size.  Business cards, letterhead, photocopies, hand drawings, etc. are not considered camera ready art. Any logo or artwork taken from websites is low resolution (72 dpi) and is not camera ready art. 

THE "DISTORTION" FACTOR

Due to the varied nature and multidimensional curvatures existing on lot of products, a slight distortion of unknown degree may occur when imprinting some products with square, rectangular or round images.

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