ARTWORK REQUIREMENTS

The quality of your imprint depends upon the quality of artwork supplied to us! All orders requiring artwork must be sent in as Black and White CAMERA READY art. Artwork can be submitted via E-Mail or by Mail on disk (3.5 or CD) or Camera Ready PMT’s. color separated if more than one color. Laser copies of 1200 DPI resolution are also acceptable. We are Macintosh platform, however, whether you are Mac or PC based, we are able to accept your graphic files if you meet the requirements listed. To avoid delays and art charges please supply CLEAN CAMERA READY artwork.

NOTE: OUR DELIVERY SCHEDULE MAY DEPEND ON THE QUALITY OF THE ARTWORK SUBMITTED.


Artwork can be accepted from the following programs:     

1. Adobe Illustrator - CS4 or lower     
2. Photoshop - All EPS or TIFF files (scanned or created)  must be INITIALLY SCANNED from CAMERA READY artwork at 600 dpi or higher, 100% of final size or ­­larger.

Please Note: Vector Art (such as 1 or 2 from the above list) is preferred. It provides the best quality and allows images to be resized without loss of sharpness and detail.

If scanned images are used with artwork, they MUST be sent as a separate file scanned at 600 dpi or higher.

EMBROIDERY: For digitized files, save as Tajima format with color sequencing.

ALL FONTS MUST BE CONVERTED TO OUTLINES, CURVES OR PATHS.

COMPRESSION: Please use Stuffit or Zip. ­

WE DO NOT ACCEPT: Gif files, Page layout files such as Quark or Pagemaker, Word processing documents such as MS Word/Power Point, Photocopies or PMT’s of photocopies, business cards, letterheads, fax transmissions, etc.

E-MAIL ART ONLY TO: (No correspondence will be accepted at this address!) hitart@hitpromo.net
When sending your artwork via E-Mail it is very important that you include the following information. In the Subject Area:     

• PO# & Customer Service Representative (If Known). In the Message Area:        
• Company Name, Your Name, Phone Number     
• Item to be imprinted     
• Name of Program Used to Create Art

PLEASE FAX OR MAIL your PURCHASE ORDER and a HARD COPY OF THE ARTWORK for VERIFICATION to your Customer Service Representative!

HIT® Promotional Products is not responsible for any changes or requests emailed to our ART E-MAIL address.

Please Note: Artwork with tight registration, halftones, screen tints and/or bleeds must be reviewed by our Art Department for approval. Avoid very fine lines, both in type and illustrations.