How to prepare your Thermography, Flat, Foil, or Embossing file for upload

• Use CorelDRAW®, Adobe Illustrator®, Adobe InDesign®, Adobe Photoshop®, or Quark XPress® to create your file.
• Size your layout to your product’s required document/page size.
• Assign spot colors using the Wes-Tex Adobe® color palette or a PANTONE® color palette.
• Use high resolution graphics (at 600 dpi minimum).
• Remove any crop marks or bounding boxes.
• Embed or convert all fonts to outlines, curves, or paths.
• Export, save, publish, or print to a PDF file.

Our goal is to convert all files received into a PDF file that is 1-up. If you are able to submit your file in this format please do so.

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Additional steps to prepare your file for embossing with ink or foil overprints
A PDF that supports layers is required to correctly print an embossed image with a foil or ink overprint.

• Prepare an artwork file with a separate layer for the embossed area using CorelDRAW®, Adobe Illustrator®, Adobe InDesign®, or Quark XPress®.
• Create and place a separate solid piece in the file as an overprint for the embossed piece. Use the Emboss swatch in the Wes-Tex Adobe® color palette.
• Indicate the piece to emboss in the additional instructions of the upload process.

Tips on Scanning Images
Some graphics may be images that you have scanned. In order to produce high-quality images that will make a print project look its best, follow these guidelines.

Photographs
Photographs should be scanned as grayscale images, and they need to be scanned separately from line art. We recommend that photographs be scanned at a minimum of 300 dpi and saved as grayscale.

Line Art
Line Art may include black and white text, logos, or clip-art images. To ensure image quality, scan line art at a higher resolution than what is required for photographs. Wes-Tex recommends that line art be scanned at a minimum of 600 dpi at actual finished size, but better results can be achieved by scanning at 1200 dpi.

Gradients
Whenever possible, we would recommend rasterizing gradients to ensure quality. Location of settings may vary from application to application but should be modified so that grayscale images are no less than 300 dpi at 120 lines per inch.

Enlarging an Image
Resolution and image quality are poor if an image is scanned at its original size and then enlarged in your graphics program. Scan the image at greater than 100% to match the intended final size. For example, if the original image is an inch wide and it needs to be three inches, scan at 300%. It's always better to scan too large than to scan too small. An image can be reduced with no loss in quality, but quality will be lost when enlarging a scan.