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"A traditional commitment to quality and exceptional service" |
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Submit Your Ideas or Preliminary Design or Ask for Digital
Recreation, We'll Create the Artwork
Submit your own design or design ideas. Our professional
art department can work from your web image, existing business
card, stationery, non-graphic design, sketch, concept or
idea to produce high-quality artwork that can be used again
and again to produce print results that exceed industry
standards. It's what you expect from your investment.
You can send preliminary ideas and designs by email,
fax, or upload your files
to our FTP site. Our friendly staff is available to help
you and invites your inquiry.
Preferred Format
Vector artwork such as that created in Adobe Illustrator
and Macromedia Freehand will produce the best results when
printed at any size. If you create your art in one of these
programs, please save the file in an EPS format.
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To avoid font matching issues, convert all fonts to
outlines OR supply PC/Mac supporting fonts as indicated
in tables below. |
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Be sure to include ALL placed images (even if embedded)
and fonts. |
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Artwork must be saved as CMYK and/or spot colour (PMS
colours should be specified). |
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Save artwork in a format and version (up to or including
the version specified) as indicated in the tables below. |
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Indicate the platform and application used to generate
your artwork and provide contact information. |
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Compress as .ZIP or .SIT using WinZip (Windows) or
DropStuff (Mac). If you are sending us a Mac file, be
sure to include the file extension (type) as part of
the file name. |
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An EPS file created in Illustrator is NOT the same type
of file as a Photoshop EPS file. Photoshop files should
be saved in PSD format, not EPS format. |
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Need help? We invite you to contact us
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+1 (888) GO-AKRAN | 1-888-462-5726 |
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+1 (613) 739-4444 |
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Akran Group of Companies
2000 Thurston Drive, Suite 12
Ottawa, ON K1G 4K7 Canada |
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sales@akran.com |
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File Specifications and Instructions
Akran supports a wide range of PC and Mac file formats for high-quality
print reproduction. Digital computer files are preferred, but we
also accept traditional, high-quality PMTs.
We provide these guidelines as a way to streamline the processing
of your artwork. We invite you to call us or contact
us online with any questions or concerns.
BEST Mac / PC Application Formats
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Application |
Includes |
Fonts |
Format |
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Freehand 11 |
Incl. placed images |
Outlines | PC/Mac Fonts |
.EPS |
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Illustrator CS |
Incl. placed images |
Outlines | PC Fonts |
.EPS
or .AI |
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InDesign (Mac) |
Incl. placed images |
Mac Fonts |
.IND |
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Photoshop CS |
300+ dpi | actual imprint size or larger
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PC/Mac Fonts |
.PSD |
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CorelDRAW 12 |
Incl. placed images |
Outlines | PC Fonts |
.CDR or .CMX |
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ACCEPTABLE Mac / PC Application Formats
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Application |
Includes |
Fonts |
Format |
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QuarkXPress 7.0 |
Incl. placed images. *QXD will be opened
in InDesign |
PC/Mac Fonts |
.QXD |
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Acrobat |
Press Optimized quality (2400 dpi default
resolution., 300+ dpi colour and grey bitmap, 1200 dpi
monochrome bitmap, binary format, CMYK) | *PDF file
my not be editable if required |
All fonts embedded | Postscript 1, 2, and
3 compatible | .PDF |
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PMT or High-Resolution
B&W Laser Output |
Black and white solid elements, no halftones
(levels of grey) | Pure white paper | Actual size | *Digital
recreation of artwork may be required |
N/A |
N/A |
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TIFF, PICT, BMP, WMF
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Black and white solid elements, no halftones | 600+
dpi | Actual imprint size or larger
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N/A |
.TIF
.PIC
.BMP |
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NOT ACCEPTABLE
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Application |
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Non-graphic Applications:
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Microsoft Word, Corel WordPerfect, Excel,
PowerPoint, and other non-graphic applications do not
produce quality print results. We are aware that some
printing companies will accept these programs. Unfortunately
these programs do not export the images at a high enough
quality to produce the result you expect. The images
imported into these programs is required. |
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Web specific bitmap
images |
Web image formats such as GIF, JPEG and
PNG file types are designed for monitors and fast file
transfer. These images are unsuitable for professional
print reproduction because of low resolution and the use
of RGB colour. |
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Photocopies, faxes and
Stationary |
Faxes, photocopies, letterheads and business
cards are not suitable for professional reproduction.
We can recreate your logo to meet Akran/industry standards
for quality results. Depending on the complexity of
the logo, this may or may not require a substantial
amount of work or investment. |
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