What is Vector Art?  Why do you need it for my printing my promotional product Order?

• We will use what is called "vector" or "camera ready art" to print your job right.

• You can send us any format you have.  However, if you send a bitmap image, we may have to redraw the file for you into camera ready.

What is Vector based art?
-- Vector art is made from lines, and is sometimes called 'camera-ready' art. 
-- Pixel or bitmap art is made from small squares or dots, and is more common.

• Most imprinting and laser engraving requires vector based art to be able to give you the best quality output or to create a screen for screen printing.

• One feature of vector art is that it can be resized without losing quality.

What file types are Vector based?
Typical Vector File Formats: .ai, .cdr, and .eps - These files require a graphics program (such as CorelDraw or Adobe Illustrator)
Typical Bitmap File Formats:  .gif, .jpg, .tiff, .bmp

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: Saving a bitmap (IE jpg or gif ) as an .eps or .ai file does NOT convert it to vector, it remains a bitmap.  It is better to send the original .jpg file to redraw than to save the jpg as an eps file.

• To change a bitmap to vector format, the art has to be redrawn by graphic artist.  There are some software packages that can do simple logos without a manual redraw, but they are usually less than accurate when it comes to fonts and details.

• Dont have your logo in Vector?  We can redraw your logo for you! The art charge is just $20 (others charge $50!). This charge is for our graphic artist to manually redraw your logo to camera ready vector based art.

• We typically can redraw a bitmap and have it ready for your review in 1 day.

• This only needs to be done one time on your first order.  Once we have it vector, we can use on any promotional product in the future.