Colortec's in-house design team can take your concept from any stage to completion. In addition to great in-house creative, we have strong relationships with photographers and designers.

The following should answer most of the questions you'll have about sending digital files to Colortec. If you have more questions, please contact us at prepress@colortec.bc.ca, or at 604-420-1718.

Equipment
• Inca Spyder 320 Flatbed Printer
• 60” Hewlett Packard 5500 (6 colour photo quality printer)
• 63” Hewlett Packard 9000 Solvent Printer
• 54” Graphtec Plotter
• 54” Oyo Thermal Image Setter
• 62” Seal 62 Pro

General Artwork Instructions
We use both MAC and Windows operating systems.

• Please include all font files, or convert fonts to curves before sending the file over to us.
• Include all linked and supporting files and hard copies
• Please build all bleeds into files
• When scaling down files, 25% or 50% works best. No less than 25%.
• All MAC files should be CMYK

Scans

• Please supply scans or digital photos at a minimum of 75 dpi at final size (i.e.; a 50% size scan should be done at 150 dpi or higher).
• Any masking, close cropping or other effects should be applied to the image(s) before sending them to Colortec.
• We also accept transparencies for scanning.

File Formats
We accept files created in Quark Express, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, and Coreldraw.

Sending Files to Colortec

Disks and other Media
We can accept files on CD ROM, DVD ROM, or ZIP format, or 3.5" floppy disks. If you are sending disks or CD's, please make sure they contain only the files you wish to have printed by Colortec, and ensure that each file is accompanied by a printed proof.

E-mail
Send compressed files using Stuff-it (Mac) or Win-Zip(PC) up to 5 MB or less via e-mail to prepress@colortec.bc.ca. Ensure that each file is accompanied by a .pdf or faxed proof.

FTP to Colortec
To send files larger than 5 MB we offer FTP file uploading to our Web FTP site. If you wish to take advantage of this service, contact prepress@colortec.bc.ca for instructions and an FTP password. We will be able to provide you with any necessary information you need as well as answer any additional questions. Ensure that each file is accompanied by a .pdf or faxed proof.