Send artwork
Getting your file
to the press.
Attach it to the quote form, email it, send a link from whatever cloud service you already use, or bring a drive to the counter. Whichever way it arrives, a person opens it and checks it before anything runs.
- Best format
- Print-ready PDF
- Also fine
- AI, EPS, PSD, TIFF, JPEG, PNG, INDD
- Bleed
- 1/8″ if ink runs off the edge
- Safe margin
- 1/4″ inside the trim
- Color
- CMYK preferred; we convert RGB
- Images
- 300 dpi at final size for flat work
Three ways to get it here
However suits you.
The quote form
Attach up to five files (25 MB each, 50 MB in total) on the quote form, with the quantity, size and deadline in the same message. The file and the job details arrive together, so nothing gets matched up wrong.
A link or email
Bigger files: paste a Dropbox, Google Drive or WeTransfer link into the form, and make sure the sharing permission actually lets us open it. Or email info@sunriseprintinglv.com — most mail systems cap attachments around 25MB.
In person
Bring a USB drive to the counter at 3945 E Patrick Ln, Ste C, Las Vegas. Open Monday to Friday 8 AM to 4 PM and Saturday 8 AM to 12 PM. Handy if the file is enormous or you want to look at stock while you are here.
Setting the file up
What makes a file
press-ready.
Bleed. If any ink touches the edge of the finished piece, extend it 1/8″ past the trim. Without it, the smallest cutting variance leaves a white sliver down one side.
Safe margin. Keep type and anything you care about at least 1/4″ inside the trim line. Cutting is accurate, not perfect, and a headline sitting 2mm from the edge will look like a mistake on some sheets and not others.
Color. Presses print CMYK. Screens show RGB. Bright blues, vivid oranges and neon greens exist on screen and do not exist in process ink, so they shift when converted. Build in CMYK if you can, and expect a shift if you cannot.
Resolution. 300 dpi at final size for flyers, cards and brochures. Large-format is more forgiving — 100 to 150 dpi at final size is plenty for a banner read from across an aisle.
Fonts. Embed them in the PDF, or outline the type. A missing font gets substituted silently and the first you know about it is the printed sheet.
What happens next
- We open it. Not a script — a person checks bleed, trim, color and resolution.
- We tell you what we found. If something will not print well, you hear about it before it runs, not after.
- You get a proof. Nothing goes on press until you sign off.
- It runs. Approved before 10 AM, it goes out the same day.
Not sure your file is right?
Send it anyway. We would rather look at it and tell you than have you guess — checking costs nothing.