To Upload Files To DDI Signs®
Please use You Send It! FTP online service.
Click Here To Upload Files
Please make sure to indicate your name, company name and what job the file is for. Please check below to make sure you are sending the proper format and send us an e-mail directly with all of the job details and your contact information.
Mail Files To:
DDI Signs® - P.O. Box 1367 Newport
News, VA 23601
Phone: 757-596-1511
E-mail Files To:
sales@ddisigns.com
Limit file size to 15MB or less.
Photos and Images
All bitmap
images should be scanned so that their AT FULL SIZE
resolution is at least 150 dpi. Remember,
the better the quality of the files you provide, the better the quality
of the finished product. Please do not send files that have software compression
applied to them.
NOTE: Images from web pages will not be accepted.
Proofing
Please provide a PDF or printed paper proof to ensure final output matches your original file.
PMS Pantone Color Matching
Digitally Printed Signs
- Please include PMS colors.
- We do our best to match PMS colors, our printer uses the CMYK process to print and some PMS colors are difficult to match.
- Please consult Pantone Color Bridge Chart for the CMYK version of the PMS colors required.
Vinyl Cut Signs
There are limited PMS matched vinyl's available we will do our best to match or provide color swatches for approval.
Preferred File Formats
Vinyl Cut or Plotter Drawn Stencils or Paper Patterns
- ONLY vector line file formats can be used. No bitmaps or raster images.
Digitally Printed Signage
- Vector file formats are preferred. (.ai, .eps)
* See Accepted file formats for detailed instructions.
Accepted File Formats
Adobe Illustrator
CS3 (.ai , .eps, .pdf)
- Convert ALL fonts to outlines or submit required fonts.
- Any placed or linked graphic images or bitmap images must be provided as separate files.
- .eps files should not be embedded with in .eps files.
- Artwork must be provided in CMYK format.
- Raster images MUST be at finished size 150 dpi.
- PDF files need to be saved as zipped with fonts converted to curves.
Adobe Photo Shop CS3 (.psd, .tif, .jpg)
- Artwork MUST be provided in CMYK format.
- Raster images MUST be at finished size 150 dpi.
- No Compression of images.
Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
- Embed ALL fonts or convert text to curves.
- PDF files need to be saved as zipped.
Corel Draw X4 (.cdr)
- Convert all text to curves or submit required fonts.
InDesign, Freehand and QuarkXpress files should be converted to one of the above accepted formats. Make sure all fonts are converted to curves or graphics.
WE DO NOT ACCEPT: Document Files, MS Power Point, MS Excel, MS Word, or MS Publisher.
Please contact us at 757-596-1511
or sales@ddisigns.com for more information or to request a quote for your next signage project.
HOME / ABOUT US / SUBMIT FILES / TERMS / CONTACT US |
