Card Packet Art Specs
Card Size, Margins, Screens, Blends, Rules & Reverses
*STANDARD AND JUMBO CARDS ARE TWO-SIDED*
| Standard Card | Jumbo Card | Fractional | |
| Ad Size | 5 1/2" W x 3 1/2" H |
7" W x 5 1/2" H |
2" W x 5" H |
| Margins | 3/16 inch | 3/16 inch | None |
| Image Area | 5 1/8" W x 3 1/8" H |
6 5/8" W x 5 1/8" H |
2" W x 5" H |
| Bleeds | None | None | None |
| Screens | Screen tints should be at least 5% and no more than 80% to print properly on high bulk paper | ||
| Blends | Blends or graduated screens should be created in Freehand, Photoshop or Illustrator. Blends created in CorelDraw, PageMaker or QuarkXPress do not always print as expected | ||
| Rules | Rules or lines must be at least .5 pt or larger. No "Hairline" rules allowed. | ||
| Reverses | Reversed text or white text on a colored background should be at least in 10 point type | ||
Standard Card Template
Jumbo Card Template
Intelligent Mail Barcodes Artwork Requirements Effective January 28, 2013
Digital Art File Specifications
Supported Software, Fonts & Imported File Formats:
Black Text: Should be created using black only, not a 4-color process black comprised of CMY also.
PDF Proof: Please send a PDF proof with the original art files.
| Applications | Version | MAC | PC |
| Adobe Creative Suite | Latest | YES | YES |
| Adobe Illustrator | Latest | YES | YES |
| Adobe InDesign | Latest | YES | YES |
| Adobe Pagemaker - We do not support PageMaker. Create a hi-res PDF file. | |||
| Adobe Photoshop | Latest | YES | YES |
| Corel Draw - Save Corel Draw files to eps with fonts converted to curves | 11 | NO | YES |
| Macromedia Freehand - Save Freehand files to eps with fonts converted to curves | 9 | YES | YES |
| Quark Xpress | Latest | YES | YES |
| Fonts | MAC | PC | |
| Postscript | YES | YES | |
| True Type | YES | YES | |
| Imported Graphics | MAC | PC | |
| EPS - CMYK & Greyscale Do Not send RBG | YES | YES | |
| TIFF - CMYK & Greyscale Do Not send RBG | YES | YES |
Imported Graphcs should be at least 300dpi from CMYK & Greyscale & 1200dpi for B/W.
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