Guide for Creating your Print File

Artwork Assistant

We prioritise the swift and efficient processing of your orders. To ensure a seamless experience, we offer a suite of artwork assistant tools designed just for you. 1. File Checker Our File Checker tool will verify if your artwork is set up correctly. If adjustments are needed, don’t worry! 2. Die line Generator Our Die line Generator will provide you with ready-to-use die lines and spot colors, making it easy for you to create print-ready files in no time. With these tools, preparing your design for printing has never been easier!

File checker

Check if your files are print ready.

Simply write the size of your label and the number of label designs. Please note, if your artwork has Hotfoil or Opaque White option, check box needs to be checked.

You can upload one file or more files at the time. Each file will be show together with its status. There are two status messages. If your file is printable and our Preflight found no mistakes, you can proceed with your label order. If the Preflight found some errors, your file needs to be revised or you can Book a Artwork Service.

Dieline generator

Open Print Template:

Open the AI template from your email inbox using a vector graphics program, such as Adobe Illustrator. The file is created in the specified size you specified
including a surrounding bleed of 2.5mm. If you have selected the label shape “square” or “round”, the punch contour (magenta) is already in the end format in the file. If you have selected the “own shape” option, this is created as an individual shape in the document as a placeholder. You can create a custom die in Adobe Illustrator using the pen tool. It is important that you color the punch outline in the spot color “stamp” from
the Window > Swatches panel.

Colourise Faces to Spot Colour:

Colour all vector elements to be further processed with the corresponding spot colour from the Window > Colour Fields control panel. To do this, select the different elements in Adobe Illustrator with the selection tool in the Tools panel and colour, for example, with the spot colour field “Foil”.

Move Elements to Layer

Now drag the elements coloured with the technicolour, e.g. “Foil”, to the corresponding Window > Layers. To do this, select the elements with the selection tool in the tool panel. Then drag the square to the corresponding layer.

Set Technical Colours to Overprint

The elements that you have coloured in the respective technical spot colour (such as “Foil”) must now be adjusted to the overprint. To do this, select these elements with the selection tool (in the tool panel) and open the attributes panel in the window. Under Surface click on the overprint option. For a contour line, select the Overprint contour option. The “overprint” option makes the areas under the object to be overprinted continuous and not recessed.

Check Colours Using Separations Preview

To check whether the settings are as desired, open the window > Preview separations in the control panel. To
check the colour separations, check the Overprint preview box.

You can then use the hide and show options to separate the individual colours that are present in the document for your verification.

Export Finished Print File as PDF

Once all the colours have been correctly created, the PDF can be exported for printing. To do this, select the option > Save as …. in the bar at the top under File. A window will then open in which you can name the file and select a saving location. In addition, select the file type Adobe PDF (pdf) in the Format option. Then click on the Save button. In the window that opens, set the Adobe PDF preferences to [High Quality Print]. In the Marks and Bleeds tab on the left side, click the Use document bleed settings checkbox. The previously set bleed of 2.5 mm all around should appear automatically. Finally, click the Save PDF button. Your print-ready PDF file is now saved in the folder you selected earlier.