Motorcycle Coasters® - Is Your Image Ready?

For Custom Imprinted Motorcycle Coasters®: We need a print ready black and white vector line image. We accept PDF and CDR files. Full details below, including how to test your image.	515 S. Tanner St. Rantoul, IL 61866 (217) 552-4773 sales@crownadv.com	For Full Color Digital Print Motorcycle Coasters®: We need a JPG or PNG image, 300 dpi (minimum). Full details below, including how to test your image.

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Is Your Image Ready?

Is it print-ready?

Motorcycle Coasters® pricing is based on you providing a print-ready image.

Loss of detail may result from:

     • Elements that are less than 1/2 point in size (4-point type)

     • Text or images inside a reverse block

-- If your image is not print-ready, additional image preparation charges apply. Image preparation charges are billable on a
     separate, prepaid invoice.

-- $25.00 - Typesetting text from our available fonts

-- $37.50 - Simple vectorization of an image. Complex images will cost more. Submit your image for a quote.

-- $50.00 - Image modification, minimum. Submit your image for a quote.

-- For a free quote on your image preparation, please send your image file(s) to orders@crownadv.com

Is it the right format?

Your image is the greatest investment in how your printed Motorcycle Coasters® look.

In order for us to provide you the same high quality our customers have come to expect over the years, we need specific types of images, depending on the type of Motorcycle Coasters® you are ordering.

The graphic artist preparing your image will be familiar with these image formats and will be able to easily fulfill your request.

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What type of image do you need?

For Custom Imprinted Motorcycle Coasters®	For Full Color Digital Print Motorcycle Coasters®

We need a print ready black and white vector line image. We accept PDF and CDR files.	We need a JPG or PNG image, 300 dpi (minimum)

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Test your image

For Custom Imprinted Motorcycle Coasters®

For Full Color Digital Print Motorcycle Coasters®

DO THIS ONE SIMPLE TEST

Enlarge your image to 800%.

If your image looks the same when enlarged to 800% as it does at 100%, it is a vector image.

If the edges of your image are rough and blurry, the image is not a vector image.

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MORE INFO ABOUT IMAGES

-- There are two main file types, raster and vector.

-- Vector graphics (the type of file you need) are created with vector software and are common for images that will be applied onto a physical product, such as printing your image on the Motorcycle Coaster®. Vector images have file extensions such as pdf, cdr, and xps.

-- Raster images are created with pixel-based programs or captured with a camera or scanner. They are more common, in general, and are widely used on the web. Raster images have file extensions such as jpg, gif, bmp and png.

-- Unlike JPG or PNG images (which are made up of hundreds or thousands of pixels), vector images are made up of hundreds of lines joined together.

-- When you zoom into a JPG or PNG image, you see a lot of little, blurry squares. Also, the outline of the image is not sharp. That does not happen with a vector image.

-- When you zoom in to a vector image, the lines “stay together,” and the image will always look the same whether at 100%, or reduced or enlarged to a different size.

-- Vector images can be scaled and printed at any size without losing quality.

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DO THIS ONE SIMPLE TEST

Print your image on white paper.

What you see on the paper is what you can expect to see when the image is printed on a Motorcycle Coaster®.

If you think your image looks terrible on paper, you will think the same when it is printed on a Motorcycle Coaster®. If you think your image looks "just OK" on paper, you will think the same when it is printed on a Motorcycle Coaster®.

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MORE INFO ABOUT IMAGES

-- DPI stands for “dots per inch” and is a property used to prepare digital images for print.

-- The higher the DPI, the higher the resolution of the photo.

-- 300 dpi is considered the minimum needed for a photo to maintain its sharpness and detail when it is printed on to a flat surface, such as the Motorcycle Coaster®. Some items, like barcodes, are best printed at resolutions as high as 600 dpi!

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Sample Photos: Raster vs. Vector
At right are two shapes, one raster and one vector, enlarged to 400%. Notice the rough edges along the raster enlargement.
At right are two images, one raster and one vector, enlarged to 500%. Notice the rough edges along the raster enlargement.