• An order form and laser print must accompany all supplied disks or be faxed to 800-422-1378 when uploading files.
• Save multiple orders as separate files. Name each file with the name of the person on the card.
• Disk formats accepted are 3.5" floppy, Zip disks or CD-ROM.
• Mail orders to: 27102 Burbank, Foothill Ranch, CA 92610 or e-mail files to Sales@GAPCO.com ; an order form and laser print must be faxed to 800-422-1378 for all files submitted by e-mail.
• If we have questions, and you are NOT the person on the business card, please include your name and contact information (phone/email) with your order
  

• On our standard $67.95 card, a 1/8" minimum white border is required.
• Ink may not bleed off edge of card.
• Set your page size to 2" x 3.5"
• Do not include crop marks in the file. Do not put a frame around the card.

• On our $77.95 full bleed design card, no white border will be present.
• Ink will "bleed" off edge of the card.
• Set your page size to 2.25" x 3.75" (note that the final size of the card will be 2" x 3.5").
• Please keep type matter at least 1/8" from final trim edge.
• Do not include crop marks in the file. Do not put a frame around the card.

• Please use Type1 postscript fonts ONLY. Some truetype fonts are unreliable when output at high resolution. If you use truetype fonts, please convert the text to curves, paths or outlines.

• Color photos should be scanned at 300 dpi at 100% of printing size, and saved as CMYK EPS files.
• B/W photos should be scanned at 300 dpi at 100% of printing size, and saved as grayscale EPS files.
• Use vector drawing programs (Illustrator or Freehand) if possible for text and line graphics.
• Text created in Photoshop must be saved as EPS and be a minimum of 800 dpi at printing size.
• All Files submitted must be postscript (.ps or .eps) or Acrobat (pdf).
• The Great American Printing Company will not accept native program files.

Instructions below contain basic information on how to create postscript and Acrobat files from most applications. If you experience difficulty creating your file, please refer to your software manual or the customer support phone line for your particular software. Unfortunately The Great American Printing Company cannot provide technical assistance for all of the programs being used to create graphics files. If you have the ability to create pdf files please do so. All files must be composite not separated. Do not trap your file, we will trap your file on our Scitex system at no charge. All colors must be specified within your files as CMYK. Colors specified as RGB or PMS will be converted to the closest CMYK equivalent. Sometimes this is not a close match.

  Quark Express:
Save page as eps. Format as Mac Color. Data as binary. OPI to include images. Along with your eps file, please send all font suitcases and Postscript fonts as Quark does not download fonts into eps files.

  Pagemaker:
Select Acrobat PPD. In options make the following selections: send image data normal, send binary, download fonts postscript & truetype, use symbol font for special characters, write postscript file as eps. Please do not send font files.

  Illustrator:
Convert all fonts to outlines. Rasterize any gradients to 300dpi CMYK. All imported objects need to be embedded not linked. Save file as eps, including all fonts for Macintosh. Please do not send font files.

  Freehand:
Convert all fonts to paths, Save file as eps. Please do not send font files.

  Corel Draw:
Export file as eps. Set export text as curves with PICT format for image header. Please do not send font files.

  All other Programs:
Print page to a postscript file, downloading all fonts with a Macintosh preview if possible. Please do not send font files.

  Acrobat:
Set all compression off. Set fonts to embed all. Make sure convert to RGB is not set. Open file and review in Acrobat Reader before sending to The Great American Printing Company to make sure it distilled properly.