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Guidelines
for CD/DVD Silk Screen Printing:
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Unless a white flood plate is specified, the standard background
color for pressed DISC'S is the silver of the disc.
• CMYK colors may appear somewhat darker and more saturated
when printed on the plastic substrate of the disc. For more precise
color matching, use Pantone Spot Colors when possible. Please use
a Pantone Spot Color Swatch Book as your reference and not a computer
monitor or rendered CMYK proof.
• Text smaller than 5 points will not reproduce legibly or
at all. Any small type should print as a solid spot color or 100%
of Cyan, Magenta, Yellow or Black, if printing with CMYK colors.
If the type knocks out from an underlying spot color, type less
than 6 points is not allowed; 7 points if the knock out is in CMYK
art.
• Avoid placing critical type or art closer than 1/16th from
the inner or outer edges of the faceplate.
• Type or art that follows the shape of the disc may not appear
perfectly placed unless centered exactly.
• Supply all art or fonts used in the layout along with a
hardcopy reference guide. Image resolution should be 300 dpi for
color images and 1200 dpi for grayscale images at reproduction size.
• Please supply image file formats in either EPS, TIFF, or
DCS. Indicate by name what file to output if you are supplying a
CD-R or Zip disc with multiple files.
• No Bleed is permitted beyond the outer or inner diameters
of the permissible print areas of the template.
• Only CMYK, mono-, duo-, tri-, or quad-tones, grayscale or
b/w line art may be used foe placed images. Link rather than place
your images if your application permits it. This reduces the overall
file size and allows for easier checking or modification of an associated
image file.
• Setting type, except for effected, large point-size type,
in Photoshop or any other image-editing program is strongly discouraged.
Much better results in terms of type legibility and sharpness will
be achieved if setting type in an application that supports vector
art editing, like Illustrator, Quark or Freehand.
• Please do not use tone of less than 15% or more than 85%.
Tone beyond those limits will likely break up or not be visible,
or go to the solid for the specified color, respectively.
• If supplying film, we require right-reading, emulsion side
up positives, 100 LPI, 2540 imagesetter resolution.
• Registration marks must appear on your film and each color
must be clearly marked. Remove all guides and comments that you
don’t wish to be printed on the finished product before submitting
your art.
• PDF files can be viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you
do not have Acrobat Reader, click
here to download it now.
cd faceplates
package |
die
# |
description
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downloadable
files |
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EM/CD |
Silk screen template for
EM/CD
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001 |
Full
size CD silk screen to center (20 mm).
Prints on stacking ring for full coverage artwork |
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002 |
67
MB molded rectangular business card
Rectangle size business card 67 MB capacity. |
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003 |
80
MB business card
Silk screen rink style
80 MB capacity. |
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004 |
40
MB molded mini CD
Silk screen rink style
40 MB capacity. |
|
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005 |
200
MB mini CD mini round
200 MB capacity |
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dvd
faceplates
package |
die
# |
description
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downloadable
files |
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EM/DVD |
Silk screen for
EM/DVD
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006 |
Silk
screen for DVD 5 face, single side. |
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007 |
Silk
screen for DVD 9 face, single side. |
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