Artwork Guidance

These notes provide all the information required to submit artwork for our printed signs. If preparing artwork for routed or sandblasted panels please contact us.

Our prices for ‘artwork supplied electronically’ assume that we process each file once. If artwork does not comply, or, if changes are subsequently made to the content, we incur additional processing costs and reserve the right to charge accordingly. 

PDF Format – Please supply all artwork as PDF’s using the Press Quality or High Quality Print option within the relevant software. PDF’s should be supplied as final size prints with no bleed, crop or registration marks.

Preferred Media –  Electronically is the preferred  & by far the easiest method of sending us artwork.  Please use this link: http://dropbox.yousendit.com/RobertShelley643471 or use WeTransfer to [email protected].

Otherwise we prefer to use CD, DVD or a memory stick which we can return.

Job Specifications

Framing Allowance – If the finished signs are to be fitted into our metal or timber frames, please remember that all four sides will be part hidden by the frame. Please allow a 20mm framing allowance on metal frames, a 12mm allowance on timber frames and 6mm on recycled plastic frames- that allowance on all 4 sides.

Photographs & Illustrations – Whether in colour or black and white, these can be saved as either CMYK or RGB. If the placed images are at same size then they can be saved at 300dpi.

Hard Copy – Please send a hard copy of your job to enable us to check for textual re-flow.If you have any further questions please contact the Graphics Department, graphics@shelleysigns.co.uk