General Guidelines:

• When submitting your file via www.carlsoncraft.com, please prepare it so it will not be damaged when being sent over the Internet. If you use a PC, please compress the file in a .zip format. If you use a Macintosh computer, compress the file using Stuffit and enable the Bin Hex Encoding option under File, Preferences in Stuffit. These make your file Internet safe and allow it to be opened by the receiver.
• Label your artwork with your Carlson Craft account number (and PO number if available).
• All artwork needs to be high resolution (600 dpi or higher for black and white, 300 dpi or higher for photo/grayscale) and received in the size you wish to have it printed.
• Submit your artwork as a generic PDF. We will also accept EPS, TIFF, AI.
• Do not submit artwork from word processors (Microsoft Word, WordPerfect or Web sites. They are not high quality and will not reproduce.
• Artwork should be in black and white unless it is used for full color printing, then it should be CMYK.

Scanning Guidelines:

• Scan black and white images as line art and bitmap at 600 dpi, not grayscale or free of anti-alias.
• Photographs and images should be scanned as RGB at 600 dpi.
• Images of lower resolutions will not be accepted due to our high printing standards. Check your scanner and software to ensure these capabilities.
• The best file formats for scanned images are PDF, TIFF and EPS.
  

Font Guidelines:

• All fonts must be converted to paths/outlines for PDF, TIFF and EPS files. Refer to your software manual for instructions if necessary.

Mountaincow Guidelines:

• Contact Carlson Craft Estimating at 866-860-6214 to place your order. You will need to specify paper colors, quantities, ink colors, etc.
• Once your order is placed, you can use the Mountaincow software to email print ready files to Carlson Craft by choosing Email for Printing, PrintingPress Project File in the File menu. If you use web based email instead of Outlook then you would choose Export Project in the File menu and make sure you click on the Save as Type box and select PrintingPress Extreme 5.0 Files with Font Outlines as the option and click Save. Then attach the saved file to an email to Carlson Craft.
  
  Using the Carlson Craft templates in the Mountaincow software enables you to personalize the text, use your own fonts, change the colors, locations and positions of the graphics, add user photos and more. Be sure to use the Carlson Craft imprint colors menu to select from the available color palette used by their digital press, and choose from their envelope ink colors when submitting an envelope.
  
  Please also read the template notes with instructions included in the first piece of stationery of the template.