Preparing Your Artwork for Engraving

Several styles of initials, monograms and designs are available at no extra charge. Select your favorite, tell us what name or initials to use and we do the rest. Corporate logos and artwork require some ground rules so that work can proceed without costly delays. The formats are specified here in detail and if these formats cannot be provided, we offer the service of artwork preparation at an additional charge. Please read carefully and check before placing your order that your artwork meets all requirements or there will be additional delays and charges to provide the services you require.

ARTWORK: All orders should be accompanied by clean, black and white artwork. Artwork submitted in grayscale or color will incur an art charge. Photocopies, faxes, matchbooks, letterheads, photographs, etc. are also subject to art charges. Digital artwork submitted must have been created in Adobe Illustrator CS3 or below on the Macintosh platform. Artwork may be sent on a CD or DVD. Images must be vector based (raster images are not acceptable). Images must be black and white only - no color, grayscale or halftones accepted. Please include all fonts used and/or create outlines. A complete printout of artwork sent on disk must accompany your order.

COPY CHANGES: Free on all award items marked with this symbol . All other items are $10(C).

SET-UP CHARGES: If art is not provided to our specifications, art charges may apply to "clean-up" the art. If art charges will be incurred, customer service will notify you prior to set-up. Please see "ARTWORK" above for art specifications.

Note: Copy changes and personalizations are not considered set-up and charges still apply.

OPPOSITE SIDE ETCHING: For etching in a secondary position, the following cost will apply: Deep Etch: $4.50 (C) per unit

QUANTITY DISCOUNTS The following quantity discounts will be automatically applied to your final order:

• 15% off: 144 (Gross)
• 18% off: 500+
• 20% off: 1000+

The finished engraving cannot be removed or corrected, what you order is what you will get, so please make absolutely certain that everything is spelled the way it should be, dates are correct, the artwork is in the correct format and that the fonts and details have all been specified. We want to produce a Personalized Masterpiece that you can be proud of, it requires that we understand your order completely.