Vinyl Specs and Templates

We are happy for you to download these templates for use with your manufacturer, but do ask us for a price, we have been doing this for years and know the business inside out.

We recommend you use the templates provided and pay attention to the detail and ask any questions before producing artwork. Most delays in record production are due to issues with artwork, most of which could have been avoided.

All print is done direct to plate, also known as CTP. The only films that need to be made these days are for cd onbodies. Ideally we like clients to supply their artwork in press ready pdf files in our templates, but we can also accept quark xpress, illustrator, indesign or photoshop files.

Ideally, it is best to produce postscript files from your application and then create your pdf with acrobat distiller. You are able to export pdf files from Quark Xpress, Indesign and Illustrator, but you must use the Press preset pdf option.

Don't have acrobat professional? - no problem! Supply your artwork set out in Quark Xpress, Indesign or Illustrator and we will create pdfs for you. Included in the prices quoted is 1/2 hour dtp time to check out the artwork you supply. If any problems are not fixable within that time we will refer back to you and either you can make corrections and resupply or we can fix it for an appropriate charge. The prices quoted do not include printed proofs of your artwork, although these can be done for a charge.

Below are templates for the most popular formats. We can supply you with templates for other formats too so please email or call for these. The templates will work for both pc and mac, and if you are using Illustrator then use the pdf template.