ABOUT NAME badge Artwork

If you are supplying your own name badge artwork for company logos etc, it will speed up your order processing if we receive artwork files that we can readily open. This means we should have the same software that you have generated your name badge artwork or file in, or be able to import your file into one of our software applications.

The best way to supply artwork files for NAME badges and custom design badges, medals or medallions

For smooth transition to print, we highly recommend that you supply your name badge artwork in either of the following formats:

EPS or AI Files : WMF format with all fonts to curves (or outlines)
Adobe PDF : ensure you have converted your fonts to curves (or outlines) prior to exporting.

Through years of handling files electronically, these are the most fail safe methods and have proved to be the quickest way for us to prepare your name badge artwork for producing badges. We experience very few issues with EPS and AI files. If you supply your name badge artwork an .EPS or .AI file please also supply us with a PDF file for proofing purposes.

Software application files

We can accept your name badge artwork for conversion in the following applications.

Corel Draw X3 (and previous versions)
Adobe Illustrator CS3 (and previous versions)
Adobe PDF Files : Ensure fonts are converted curves (or outlines) and that any if any bitmaps are embedded that they are of suitable resolution for printing.

Colours should be able to be separated. If you supply an a Corel Draw, or Adobe Illustrator file type, please also supply us with a PDF file for proofing purposes.

Picture File Types

We are able to import the following picture file types into our software application. Please ensure they are of the correct resolution at 600 dpi for spot colour reproduction. Files should also be prepared for colour separation.

TIFF Bitmaps (.tif)
Windows Bitmaps (.bmp)
JPG or JPEG files (.jpg or .jpeg)