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Good luck to 'em. You screw up and you're screwed. How can one ensure color matching? When they bring it up we tell them that they're better off going the pre-made stuff. We can't compete with it but like I said....
We're talking simple, cheap, and faster than the other guy. Space is limited and they pay a 20% quick turn around fee on top of the cost. A two day event! These are easy money. Just pointing out that the customer will undoubtedly pick the worst of em (top one). I've had customer call me up after...
Stretching text has its place but it's not commonly recommended. A simple For Sale sign, "blowout", or %OFF for instance.
ps... ever have someone show a picture of a logo that has been stretched and they think it's ok. Drives me nuts!
jpg or tiff?
We export raster images as tif's @ no more than 150dpi using LZW compression. Virtually no difference in quality but a quarter the file size. Yes, as stated we drop into a hot folder and let our print tech arrange for best fit on media etc.
You can make a macro to convert all C0 M0 Y0 K100 blacks to R0 G0 B0
And also use the eyedropper to add that to your color palette for future use.
And set your default text and shape outline to use that color
If we're printing an all raster image we'll export as an rgb tiff for print. Otherwise pdf.
FineCut is a plug in for Corel. They also make one for Illustrator. We chose Corel. All our plotting is done directly in Corel. You can use macros to set your file up at each workstation. Adding weed lines, registration marks and such. We only used Rasterlink for printing. We now use an HP with...
I'd make them sign a disclosure to not hold you accountable if the color issue does come up.
Another thing to consider, unless corporate has a specific acceptable rta vinyl you'll have to print them to get a pantone.
Sometimes I see who made the website. That info is usually at the bottom of the website. I'll copy the link for reference and simply ask if they have the logo in vector format. Had 1 guy call me within 10 minutes to find out why I needed it. He then called the company for permission and bam...
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