Plate Information & Imprint Colors
All custom printed products require a plate to print from. Hot stamping requires the creation of a metal plate and ink imprints are made from a rubber plate. Plate charges are a one-time fee per logo. Please note that imprints of more than one color require additional plates for each color. Plates larger than 25 square inches require a special quotation – please call for details.
Hot Stamping Foil Colors
Metallic: Black, Blue, Burgundy, Copper, Forest Green, Fuchsia, Gold, Green, Gunmetal, Mint, Pearl Blue, Pearl Sage, Pink, Purple, Red, Silver, Teal, Turquoise
Matte: Aqua, Black, Brown, Burgundy, Cocoa, Dark Blue, Deep Red, Gold, Green, Grey, Hot Pink, Ivory, Lavender, Light Blue, Lime, Mauve, Navy Blue, Orange, Red, Royal Blue, Satin Copper, Silver, Sunburst, Teal, White, Woodland Green, Yellow
Ink Imprinting Colors
Black (No PMS), Brown (PMS 175U), Burgundy (PMS 207U), Dark Blue (PMS 288U), Gold (PMS 871U), Green (PMS 366U), Grey (PMS 431U), Hot Pink (PMS 226U), Light Blue (No PMS), Lime, Orange (PMS 021U), Plum (No PMS), Purple (PMS 268U), Red (PMS 199U), Royal Blue (PMS 286U), Silver (No PMS), Teal (PMS 327U), Woodland Green (No PMS), Yellow
Plastic Bags Imprinting Colors
Burgundy (PMS 208U), Dark Blue (PMS 287U), Dark Brown (PMS 4975U), Dark Green (PMS 348U), Gold (PMS 872U), Green (PMS 361U), Grey
(PMS 431U), Pink (PMS 219U), Lavender (PMS 2415U), Light Blue
(PMS 3005U), Light Brown (PMS 469U), Maroon (PMS 188U), Ochre
(PMS 143U), Orange (PMS 1655U), Purple (PMS 2685U), Red
(PMS 485U), Silver (No PMS), Tan (PMS 153U), Turquoise (PMS 322U), Yellow C
Food Service Ink Imprinting Colors
Black, Cobalt Blue, Dark Blue, Dark Brown, Dark Green, Dark Yellow, Orange, Red, Violet, White, Wine
*Does not apply to Gable Boxes or Beverage on the Move containers. Please refer to hot stamp foil colors or standard ink imprint colors.
Artwork Guidelines
Artwork must be supplied black and white camera-ready, to exact size and color-separated. If your artwork requires us to change art size, transform a rough layout or set type a charge of $160 (A) per hour will be incurred. Photocopies, business cards and stationery are not acceptable forms of camera-ready artwork.
We accept art in either PC or Mac based formats - Adobe Illustrator, Quark or Photoshop files preferred with fonts converted to outline.
If placed images (scans) are used in Illustrator, scans must be included with the job. Scans should be 600 DPI or higher.
We will also accept the following formats: Encapsulated Postscript (.eps) and Portable Document Format (.pdf).
Acceptable medias include CDs and 3.5" floppy disks.
Artwork may be emailed to artwork@pack-spec.com. Subject line should contain distributor P.O. number and company name. Art files should be compressed using WinZip or Stuff-it to guard against corruption and to reduce the file size.
Quote requests may be emailed to premierline@pack-spec.com.
A copy or printout of all digital and email artwork must accompany the purchase order to ensure digital file accuracy.
Proofs
One black and white proof will be submitted for all new custom printed orders. Orders will not be scheduled for production until signed proof approval is received.
All artwork becomes the property of the Premier Line unless otherwise discussed.