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Since our main claim to fame is fast turn around , customer files need to be ready to go when they get her. If they are missing fonts, images or other problems that don’t allow us to print, it can get hairy. Especially if the customer can’t be contacted and is expecting the output the next day.

In order to to make an EPS or PDF document saved from Corel or Illustrator, spot colors should be converted to process unless you are submitting artwork for die cutting. More on this later.

The first critical step is to be sure to convert your fonts to paths. Even if you are saving to PDFs sometimes we find that fonts are not embedded with the PDFs. This can cause problems when we use special software to send it to our printers.

Illustrator

1. In order to Covert Fonts to Paths- The easiest and fast way is to go to the select menu and choose select all.

2. Then go to the Type menu and select convert to paths.

Corel Draw

1. Go to the Edit menu and choose select all–>text
2. Go to the Arrange Menu and select Convert to Curves.

Your type is now ready.