Logo Mats – technical prerequisites

Printing procedure

The chromojet-printing process can in principle be compared to a giant ink jet printer. However unlike multi-colour printing each colour is connected via a tank separately sprayed with a minute nozzle into the mat-pile. With this procedure almost any design can be created according to matsize, restrictions are only given by photographic samples due to the low colour variety and print-solutions. However a near to true effect can be achieved with the use of diffusion-rastering.

Designing

The conversion, in specific the designing of the Logos, is done via PC-systems with the aid of computer programmes Corel Draw and Photoshop. This system is favourable in the actual designing of the templates. However MAC formats (Photoshop/Illustrator) can also be used.

The 44 Carpet Print standard-colours enable a problem-free conversion of almost every logo. The RGB values for these colours can on request be seen as palette for Corel-Draw or Photoshop. As a guide to the colour-values a numbered index for Pantone is given. As reference however only the mat-sample-book is valid. Furthermore individual colours be mixed according to Pantone, HKS or RAL, however due to the materials and the processing (steaming, drying, fibre-direction) small variations are to be expected.

Vector-format

Apart from the CDR-format further formats that can be imported with Corel Draw i.e. Ilustrator, Windows Metafile, pure EPS or PDF can be converted. All objects must have a density of 0,3 mm and the same goes for the distance between the objects (i.e.Letter-spacing).The letter sizing should not be below 12 points (dark on light colours) and 14 points (light on dark colours). Writing has to be submitted once converted to Vector-format i.e. True Type or Type 1 Font. With satisfaction of these criteria the design creating costs are not charged.

Logo Mat Description

An entrance mat made of high twisted nylon and nitrile rubber backing giving high cleaning function and excellent advertising effect; moisture absorbent; individual prints and therefore high advertising or signage possibilities; durable and the ability to sustain a minimum of 200 dry clean/washes.

Characteristics

• Mats are available in any size up to 200 cm wide x 800cm long, Max, and anything in between.
• Dimension variations: +/-1,5 %
• Tread material: High-Twist Nylon (100 % Polyamide 6.6 ), pile weight of 700 g/m²
• Pile height: approx. 6.5 mm
• Backing layer: Nitrile rubber layer approx.1.6 mm thick
• Overall height of mat: approx.8 mm
• Overall weight: 2700 g/m²

Exhibition Carpet artwork requirements

PHOTOSHOP (CS3) TIFF (PSD) Photos, images with pixels
TIFF>>LZW Compression IBM PC

ILLUSTATOR (CS3) AI, EPS, PDF Vectorized, logos, plain colors
* everything vectorized (fonts converted to curves)

INDESIGN (CS3) PDF

* Save the file as CS3 when working with a higher version!
* Leave space of 5 cm of the edge of the layout, free of image.
* Text/lines on carpet have to have a minimum of 2 mm linethickness.

COLOUR PROFILE

RGB Adobe RGB (1998) << Best Results Our Color Book works with this profile!!!!
SRGB IEC619662.1
Files will be converted to Adobe RGB(1998)
when we have to fit in colors from
CMYK Coated Fogra39 our colorbook!!
Euroscale Coated v2
Iso coated v2

R:255 G:255 B:255 and for BLACK: R:0 G:0 B:0
* Put in the white color as white, don’t leave it transparent in the file!
* When a Pantone Color (Coated, Uncoated) has to be printed, we look to put in
the best matching color of our color range!
(Please mention the use of Pantone Colors in the order!)
* Colors from the colorbook can only be put in when the file is vectorized!

RESOLUTION

PHOTOSHOP (CS3) TIFF (PSD) 76dpi at 100%

ILLUSTATOR (CS3) AI, EPS, PDF 76 dpi at 100%

* Can be delivered at 10%! Important is that you make sure that,
when putting in images, the endresolution after enlarging contains 76dpi!