Schur Star Systems GmbH ARTWORK GUIDELINE Schur Star Systems GmbH Liebigstrasse 7 D-24941 Flensburg, Germany Contact person: Lene Högh Madsen, lhm@schur.com, direct telephone: +49 461 9975 129 PRINTING PROCESS SOLVENT BASED FLEXO – 10 COLOURS – ON FLEXIBLE MATERIALS FILE DELIVERY GUIDELINE Data supply Media File formats Photos and pixel illustrations Graphics Fonts Please supply a low-resolution pdf file with all artwork supplied. Provide a colour proof for artwork with critical colours. File supply on an FTP server or on another file transfer option. Schur can allocate a secured FTP with login and password for individual customers. Please ask for one. Small files can be attached to an email. Data can be packed as ZIP or PAF. We can use data in AI (CC), EPS, PDF, Normalised PDF, GRS format. Avoid InDesign created files. If InDesign files are delivered, we need a high- resolution quality PDF for printing as well. Please also outline the fonts in the InDesign file. In high resolution, CMYK and specials (not RGB) and as external files. Photo resolution is dependent on the enlargement of the photo but is normally 300 PPI. In outline curves, not converted to photos/pixel data. All required fonts must be supplied. Alternative is to outline the texts. ARTWORK GUIDELINE Laydown Art size Colours Colour profile Colour systems Gold and silver White Minimum text Minimum line thickness Trapping Screens and dots Dot gain Vignettes and shadows Bar codes Create artwork on the laydown die shape which has been supplied by Schur. Bleed as specified on drawing. Produce all artwork at actual size. 10 colours (includes white, varnish etc.). Please show colours with boxes below. Use Fogra 39 as colour standard for files. CMYK, PMS, HKS or customer defined colours where a sample is delivered. Overprints for texts and fine graphics, but larger elements are knocked out off the background. Avoid screens in silver and gold (makes the shine disappear). No screens in unless we can use 2 whites - one for screen and one for line. Positive texts: 6 pt. Negative texts: 7 pt. Metalized texts (i.e. gold and silver): 7 pt. Positive: 0.3 pt. or 0.1 mm. Negative: 0.6 pt. or 0.2 mm. 0.2 mm. Most often we make the trapping. Screen ruling 100lpi – 150lpi Flexo angles: C=67°, M=37°, Y=82°, K=7° Minimum dot: 2%. Please supply uncompensated files. We will apply dot gain curves. Vignettes 2% - 100%. Flexo can creates edges. Keep the shadow narrow all dots will be visible. Min. 100%. BWR= 0.70 Barcodes in black, blue or green. Barcodes in red or yellow does not read. QR codes: 100% size. Rev. 02.2019
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