Business Card Artwork Specifications

 

Artwork Specifications

Composite Colour accepts files from Mac OS and Windows - download one of our templates to create your art using the following applications:

Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Acrobat

These templates have been made to a standard business card size = 90mm x 55mm. Please adjust if necessary to alternative sizing but remember to allow for bleed and safe zone margin.

Artwork Checklist:

  • 3mm bleed
  • Safe Zone 'Margin' - text and items not intended to bleed are 3mm or more away from trim line 
  • 100% Scale
  • 1-up on a single page
  • Text to paths, curves or outlines
  • Images are 300dpi
  • Colours are CMYK or Pantones (PMS)* 
  • 'Rich Black 40C 40M 40Y 100K' on solid black areas
  • 100% Black on small text
WE RECOMMEND that you SAVE and SUPPLY your artwork as PDF.

Please note Composite Colour requires all artwork files to be "Press Ready". Any job submitted non-compliant to this standard may be subject for re-quotation.

Need more information:

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