Chalk Board Menus

Technical Specification for Chalkboard Menus

How To Get your Files Right For Chalkboard Printing

Artwork specification:

Once you have placed your order you can upload your print-ready artwork. When supplying artwork for Chalkboard Menus, please supply 1 multi-layered PDF as follows.

• CMYK PDF, preferably in PDF/x4 format.

• Outline or embed fonts

• 150 dpi resolution

•  Please allow quiet borders of at least 10mm, ideally 25 mm.

How to set up your chalkboard artwork.

1. First, we create two new swatches. One is called “Spot_1” and the other is called “Spot_2”. These both need to be set to Color Type – Spot Color and 100% Black.

1. Now, we create the elements that we want to use within the design. This should be placed on the Artwork layer, and at the bottom of the list.

1. We then create the White elements and place them on the Spot_1 layer. We then apply our “Spot_1” swatch colour to all these graphics.

1. Then, we duplicate these graphics and apply them to the “Spot_2” layer and apply the Spot_2 swatch colour to this layer’s graphics.

1. Lastly, we select both the Spot_1 graphics and the Spot_2 graphics, and we set these both to Overprint Fill.

To avoid disappointment we recommend using a minimum of 18pt font size and 2pt line weight for all 150 dpi products as any smaller font or line weights may not print as expected.

For a step-by-step guide on how to set up your chalkboard artwork, please see our help centre guide for more information.

High Quality Printing with Sustainability in mind.

We are working hard to mitigate our environmental impact and are following an emissions reduction program to lower our direct and indirect emissions which will lead us to Net Zero by 2040.

We are working hard to introduce more environmentally credible products in our range and we encourage you to consider using more of those products.

Tradeprint supports Two Sides, the print and paper advocacy group that aims to dispel myths around greenwashing and promote paper as a truly sustainable product.

We are committed to reducing waste and in particular aiming to eliminate problematic plastics from our printing and fulfilment operation.

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