Upload Graphics for Menu Board

File Preparation for Print:

Please verify that the artwork meets all the requirements listed below before uploading.

Adobe Illustrator (.PDF, .EPS, or .AI) is the preferred format.

• Art can be created in Adobe Illustrator and provided as an editable .PDF, .EPS, or native .AI file.
  **Please provide any supporting elements (links, images, fonts) or outline fonts and embed images within the file(s).
   
  • Ensure all supporting artwork is high resolution (300dpi at full size) and layered. Both layered .PSD and .TIFF files are acceptable. Please keep in mind that if supporting artwork you provide is flattened, The Howard Company cannot make revisions and/or future requested edits.

  • If artwork is created in Adobe InDesign, please export the packaged file(s) (InDesign: File/Package) and submit the packaged folder (InDesign File, Links, Fonts).

    • Please Note: designing in InDesign can make editing PDFs a bit of a timely process, as Illustrator is not meant to be a PDF editor. Opening an InDesign PDF this way has its limitations. Some text gets converted to vector, while others remain live text. Also, if you need to relink any supporting artwork, you will need to do it in InDesign and then reexport the PDF.

• Fonts need to be supplied by the customer or outlined/rasterized. 

• Artwork should be created in actual size (1/2 size if the length is over 225”) at 300 dpi in CYMK color mode.

  • For Outdoor Graphics, please refer to Graphic Sizes for Drive-Thru or Download Templates to ensure graphics are created to the correct size.

• Include 1/8” (.125”) bleed on all sides.

• Include Pantone color swatches for correct color matching. If Pantone swatches are not specified, designers will pick a Pantone that closest matches the artwork provided.

• Include all support for artwork/photos.

• CMYK color mode

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