File setup specifications
Vinyl banners and digital print banners.

Popular Programs (PC/MAC)
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe PageMaker
- Adobe Photoshop
- Aldus (Macromedia) Freehand
- Corel Draw
- Corel Photo Paint
- Microsoft Power Point
- Microsoft Word
- Quark Express

If you are creating your artwork in any of these programs, please follow the procedures to ensure successful output of our sign and./or graphics.

Adobe Illustrator (PC and MAC) - This seems to be the best all around program for banner making and sign making. All text must be converted to outlines - we cannot read Mac fonts. For Computer cut vinyl lettered banners, all vector files must be single layer only - that is, no overlapping layers. When viewing in preview mode, no lines can crisscross. All overlapping objects of a given color must be welded together. Gradations cannot be used for vinyl lettered banners (vinyl film is cut as a solid spot color). Gradations require a digital banner print process (see Digital banner printing). Gradations many times can cause problems when importing into our programs, to avoid these problems please save as .ai and we will convert to bitmap format in our sign making programs. When saving files for banner printing as vector format, MAC users, save as illustrator EPS as 1-bit IBM format. PC users, save as Illustrator ver. 5.0. If you need help on preparing any of these file formats, please call our Quick Signs (bannersontime.com) art department for assistance toll free at (866) 267-4467.

(We are currently running Illustrator vers. 10.0)

Adobe PageMaker - (PC and MAC) At this time we are unable to accept PageMaker files. Files created in PageMaker generally do not output files in a format that we can use. It is best to use an illustration or graphics creation program such as Adobe Illustrator or CorelDraw. If you need help help on preparing any of these file formats, please call our Quick Signs (bannersontime.com) art department for assistance toll free at (866) 267-4467.

Adobe PhotoShop - (PC and MAC) Save as PhotoShop or as .tif. 
(We are currently running PhotoShop ver. 7)

Aldus (Macromedia) Freehand (MAC and PC) We can import Freehand documents, but we would prefer you save as Illustrator format Ver. 3.0 because an export to a file format that we support will always come through cleaner than us trying to import a file.

Corel Draw - (PC and MAC) All text must be converted to curves (outlines) or we may be unable to read your fonts. For Computer cut vinyl lettering and graphics, all vector files must be single layer only - that is, no overlapping layers. When viewing in wire frame mode, no lines can crisscross. All objects of a given color must be welded together. Gradations cannot be imported for vinyl cutting as vinyl is cut as a solid shape (spot color). Gradations require a digital print process. Gradations many times can cause problems when importing into programs, to avoid these problems please export as .ai and we will convert to bitmap in our sign making programs. When saving files as vector format, save files as CDR or export as Illustrator 5.0. Please make sure that all text is converted to curves (located on menu bar under arrange in Corel program). If you need help on preparing any of these file formats, please call our Quick Signs (bannersontime.com) art department for assistance toll free at (866) 267-4467.
(We are currently running Corel ver. 10.0)

Corel Photo Paint - Save image as .tif or High resolution jpeg.
(we are currently running Corel ver. 10.0)

Microsoft PowerPoint - Save as Power point format. Note: Quality of placed picture (if any) is dependent on the resolution of the original file (if file is a bitmap). In some instances we have had a problem with converting PowerPoint files. If you need help on preparing any of these file formats, please call our Quick Signs (bannersontime.com) art department for assistance toll free at (866) 267-4467.
(We are currently running Office 2000)

Microsoft Word - Save file as a Word/95.doc. Since signs can not be produced using this program, it is not the most reliable format. We need to cut the text and paste into drawing programs. When we do this font problems can occur. If you need help on preparing any of these file formats, please call our Quick Signs (bannersontime.com) art department for assistance toll free at (866) 267-4467.
(We are currently running Office 2000)