Bag Printer........... Trade Show Bags, Promotional Bags, Gift Bags and Supersonic Service.

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Please include contact information: Name, Phone, Fax, Company, E-mail and Job Name.

E-Mailing or FTP Files:
Large file sizes attached to emails should not exceed 2mg (compress files for safety), if the file size is larger than 2mb, please upload to our FTP site.

The following steps are for FTP Uploads using Internet Explorer browser:
Type the following in your browser's address bar,
ftp://bagprinter:classic@bagprinter.com/PUBLIC
Once you are in, drag & drop the folder with the artwork in it, or create a new folder and copy/paste the artwork into it, once the task is complete close the browser window.

The following steps are for FTP software:
Using FTP software, type the following in the appropriate fields of your software exactly as they appear.
Host: bagprinter.com
Path: PUBLIC
User: bagprinter
Pass: classic
Port: 21
The port number usually defaults to 21 on most FTP software applications.
Once you are in, drag & drop the folder with the artwork in it, or create a new folder and copy/paste the artwork into it.

Please include list of files that will be used in your project if more than one (Front_Panel.eps, Side_Panels.eps, Bottom_Gusset.eps.) Bag templates with guidelines are available by email. Send artwork and/or template request to art@bagprinter.com

Fonts:
Please convert all text to outlines, curves or shapes. We cannot guarantee the output of unconverted fonts.

Hot Stamping:
Artwork must be solid color, no gradients, tints, shades, screens or halftones. Lines/rules must be 2 points or greater. Text should be 14 points or more bold and thick with no thin serifs and letters spaced at least 1.5 points apart. 2 Colors used must be 1/2" apart. No solid area over 1/2" or blistering may occur. Send vector artwork in Adobe Illustrator, EPS.
We are PC based. No scanned images.

Screen Printing:
2-3 or 4 spot color TIGHT REGISTERED PRINTING is available. Screen printing is good for large imprint areas. Artwork must be solid colors. Lines/rules must be 2 points or greater, include color identification for PMS Inks used in artwork. No screens or halftones. Send vector artwork in Adobe Illustrator, EPS. We are PC based. No scanned images.

Artwork:
Include a hard copy with order. Please have your work CAMERA ready, sized and color separated. Alterations such as resizing and color separation will incur a rate of $65.00 per hour net, with 1/2 hour minimum. Please include color identification such as (Pantone coated #521C) Try to select color PMS swatches, the color on your computer screen will not be the same as color printed on paper or plastic bags. Please refer to a quality Pantone Color Chip Book colors 100C - 732C when selecting your colors. Send vector artwork in Adobe Illustrator, EPS. We are PC based. No scanned images.

File Formats:

Offset Lithography.
Please send a copy of the original artwork.
We accept artwork files by: E-mail, CD.
Artwork should be in the following formats:
* PC - Illustrator CS+ -- .EPS, .AI,
* Mac - Illustrator 10, -- .EPS, .AI, - Quark Express -- 4.0.
( .eps, .tiff ) all in Mac or PC formats. Please zip files for safety when e-mailed.
TIFF & Photoshop files must be 300+ dpi in black and white unless art will be used for 4 color process printing.
We do not accept .gif, jpg, .power point, png files.

Four Color Process: Scanned images used in Bag Layout must be in CMYK .tiff, .dcs, or ,eps at 300 Dot Per Inch (dpi)

Standard Screen Ink Colors: printable version.
PMS Colors: 100C - 732C: $53.00 (U)
No PMS Color Match Charge: 2,500 bags or more.

We use gloss inks the following are commercially matched PMS numbers