Artwork
A customer by submitting any Artwork, Logo, Graphic or any published printed-electronic material etc.
is acknowledging that they have the right and or permission to order the reproduction of the submitted
material as part of a award, gift or other product Corporate Expressions, Inc. produce for that customer.
Also the submitting customer is in compliance with all laws and regulations concerning Copyright and
Trademark of the submitted material. In addition the submitting customer also
accepts all responsibilities, legal and financial, with the reproduction of the submitted material.
We Require eps. files for PC use
We can accept .cdr files up to Corel X6 and Adobe .psd files up to CS6.
In some circumstances .eps, .jpg , .tiff , .cdr and .psd files for imprint purposes only, may be used.
All files must be 600 DPI and sent for PC use only.
We do not download fonts.
Engraving and Lasering
We can only use SOLID BLACK on WHITE artwork for engraving and lasering logos and graphics.
No gray areas, No half tones, No color.
Logos or Graphics to be drag engraved will require your Logo or Graphic to be vectored.
We will advise the customer of additional charges.
Color Imprinting
We use several process to Color Imprint.
Depending on the substrate or item weather to use a thermal imprint or a UV imprint
Thermal imprinting is slightly transparent, where UV printing is opaque
(All artwork should be presented on a white background)
We Do Not match PMS colors.
Also the same color printed on different substrate can appear different.
Artwork Correction
Yes, we can make most artwork useable for engraving, laser engraving or imprinting
We charge $75.00 per hour with a minimum of $35.00 to make inadequate artwork useable.
A customer will be informed of these charges if needed.
Please contact us for further discussion on your needs and more information.
Do not take a color image and put it through a black and white printer or copier.
You only create dozens of gray areas and half tones which are not useable.
We can NOT use artwork created for a Web Site.
Do not stretch a image up to make it larger.
Letterhead or a Business card is not acceptable as artwork.
Vector all fonts in your logo or graphic and imbed them in the file sent to us.
Layout Proofs
We will send one proof for new orders by fax or email. Additional proofs are $12.00 per
piece being proofed. Proofs of reorders of previous orders are $12.00 per piece.
We do not send duplicate proof of items when only Name or Name and Title or
Name and $ amounts or Simple Text change out. If you require it $12.00 per piece.
We will send one corrected proof should it be necessary. Additional proofs $12.00 per piece.
IMPORTANT - If you are sent a proof, Examine it carefully. Any errors you approve are charged to you.
Artwork Transfer
Artwork or Graphics that we repair, correct, create, etc. are produced with proprietary software
and the files created are for our exclusive use on our engraving machines.
Therefore, weather the customer pays for artwork corrections or not we do not share, sell or transfer
artwork or graphics we have created.