File Format:

• Files can be accepted in Photoshop and Illustrator format.
• PDF’s must be unlocked, layered, and fully illustrator editable.
• Files can be submitted via FTP, Email, CD/DVD, or another electronic download.

Placed Images / Scans Linked Files:

• All placed or linked images must be provided and should be a minimum of 300ppi at the printed size. Do not embed images.

Fonts:

Please supply both outlined and live font versions of your illustrator file. If using postscript fonts make sure to include all printer and screen fonts. We have an extensive library of fonts but we do not have every font. Fonts must be Mac compatible. Missing fonts can delay the process.

Type & Text:

• Positive Type – Minimum of 5 point. ® and TM can be as small as 4.5 pt.
• Reverse Out Type – Minimum of 6 point.
• Multi-color Build Type – Minimum of 8 point.

Rules & Lines:

• Positive Rule – Minimum 0.4 point (0.006″)
• Reverse Out Rule – Minimum of 0.75 point (0.01″)
• Multi-color Build Rule – Minimum of 1.5 point (0.02″)

Trapping:

• Standard Tissue Packaging trapping is 0.02″

Keylines:

• Keylines may be required for registration reasons for example, text that is reversed out of CMYK builds.
• Small type under 15 pt: 1.0 pt stroke / 0.5 pt visible – allows for 0.0035″ trap
• Medium type 16 pt – 30 pt: 1.5 pt stroke / 0.75 pt visible – allows for 0.005″ trap
• Large type 31 pt and up: 2.0 pt stroke / 1.0 pt visible – allows for 0.007″ trap

Plate Breaks and Edge Hold Backs:

• All jobs using flat plates will require a minimum plate break of .01875″ (3/16″). If the plate break is very tight with sharp curves or long ‘fingers’ the job will likely require a seamless ITR cylinder.
• Color hold back – 0.005″

Repeats:

• For flat plate jobs we require scatterprint artwork to form a repeating pattern. Our standard procedure is to make minor adjustments during proofing to acheive an existing cylinder repeat. The adjustments may include minor changes to logo size, spacing and design rotation.
• All process color tissue must print using an 18.0″ cylinder repeat.

Screens:

White ink, metallic inks or flouescent inks are not suitable for designs with screening. Line art screens on tissue start at 65-lpi and go up to 100-lpi determined by total ink coverage, color and/or ink density. Process color artwork prints on tissue at 100- or 133-lpi.

Micro Dots:

DigitalTissuePaper.com tissue presses require registration microdots. A minimum of two 0.016″ dots will be added to the outside edges of the web. Jobs more than 30″ wide require an additional microdot at the center of the web. Depending on the type of job or number of colors Aplasticbag.com may require additional marks such as registration crosshairs, follow bars and tone scales.

Unprinted Margins & Slitting Tolerances:

• Jobs without trim for bleed will be held back from the edges of the web by 0.0625″ (1/16″).
• DigitalTissuePaper.com has a +/– 0.25″ (1/4″) tolerance along the slit lines where a larger web is cut down to a smaller width prior to sheeting.

Colors:

Our tissue presses can print up to 6 colors.

Hard Copy Proofs (Color Targets):

If your design includes process colors please supply a color target. A color target is anything tangible that you are going to compare to our Contract Proof for process color approval.

Size / Scale:

• All artwork should be supplied at 100%.
• Stepped files and full sheets need to be clearly marked with information that shows us the intended orientation of the finished sheet.

Dielines & Sheet Size:

When supplying art for an impression job you must provide a dieline which shows proper placement of the eyemark(s). All art for sheeted (scatterprint) tissue should be supplied at 100% showing correct sheet size.

Scatterprint Designs:

• Scatterprint designs will be random cut. We can not control where scatterprint sheets cut.
• Supplied artwork should be set up in a repeating pattern or must be adjustable to achieve repeating pattern. Our most common repeats are 15.0″ 16.0″ 17.0″ and 18.0″.

Spot Sheeting:

• Spot sheeted jobs require 0.0375″ unprinted margins all around.
• Spot sheeted jobs require an eyespot. For jobs that print without trim the eyespot will show on the finished sheets.

UPC Rules & Regulations:

DigitalTissuePaper.com will only guarantee the scanability of UPC codes that meet the criteria listed below.

• Minimum UPC magnification is 80%
• If the bar code is less than 100% magnification, it must run in press direction.
• 100% bar codes require a “quiet zone” on both sides of 0.15″. This area must be free of any other art. (The quiet zone scales proportionately with the UPC magnifcation.)
• UPC bar codes must print in a color with reflectance value of 5% or less.