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GRAPHIC DESIGNER TOOLS
 
All Caribbean Cards postcard layouts must follow these requirements:
 
Caribbean Card Front:
Caribbean Card Back:
4-Color process (C+M+Y+K+) only. RGB separations are not accepted. If using a black background, please use: C:80%, M:60%, Y:40%, K:100%. Caribbean Cards does not recommend 100% K-only backgrounds.
4-Color process (C+M+Y+K+) or grayscale. Please see www.caribbeancards.com/template to download a template. This template will include the Caribbean Cards logo, credit line, 4 address lines and marked indicia area.
Final trimmed card size:
6.0" x 4.25"
 
Layout size with bleed:
6.25" x 4.50" (includes .125" bleed on all four sides)
Preferred Format:
QuarkXpress 4.0, Photoshop 7.0 (or earlier), or Illustrator 10.0 (or earlier) for Macintosh with associated graphic files and fonts. (click here to download templates)
Accepted Formats:
EPS or TIF. High resolution (300 dpi) CMYK or print quality PDF. No film please.
Unaccepted file formats:
MS Word, Publisher and Corel Draw
Photos/Scans:
All 4-color scans must be 300 dpi in CMYK format. All black and white scans must be 300 dpi in grayscale format. No RGB please.
Fonts:
All native format files must be accompanied by the screen and printer fonts in those files. No TrueType fonts please. For Illustrator EPS files, please include fonts or convert to outline.
Accepted Media:
CD-ROM: Mac format. Please provide a color laser or ink jet print out with your order.
ZIP DISK: Mac format. Please provide a color laser or ink jet print out with your order.
EMAIL: Please provide a color PDF or JPG with your order. Compress (Stuff) all files into one complete .sit (Mac format) archive.

Send Materials To:
Caribbean Cards
PO Box 224466 Christiansted, VI 00822 email: wendy @ mediamate.net

General Questions (non-production):
Wendy Solomon
email:wendy @ caribbeancards.com
office/fax: (340) 773-4466

If you need assistance creating your Caribbean Card, please contact Wendy.

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