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How do I use a bitmap image in an Illustrator design for printing on a pin or button?

Asked by stevenjs in Web Graphics Software, Adobe Type Manager, Font Creator

Tags: convert, how, illustrator

Greetings,

I have a client in the pin/button design business. The pins and/or pin-on buttons are manufactured and printed in China, that's all I know. The designers who the client worked with in the past used Adobe Illustrator exclusively, providing the .ai file as the final deliverable to the printer.

Some of the prior work contains things even I, a newbie to print of any kind, never mind the vicissitudes of "pin" printing, in China at that, would question. For instance, I've seen a sample with 5 spot colors specified in the .ai file, rather than using CMYK. There is nothing special about the colors at all. This isn't a case of five equivalents to IBM blue.

So why not use CMYK, assuming there are four colors, and exactness is no issue whatsoever?

However, the real quandary is how to incorporate a bitmap image, like a .gif or .jpg, in the artwork. Can I use 72 dpi .jpg's and .gif's pulled from the web in pin print layouts in Illustrator? Should they be converted to CMYK in Photoshop and saved as a TIFF before being placed in Illustrator? Doesn't the use of a TIFF automatically make it a four color CMYK job? Can I just designate closely matching CMYK or Pantone colors in Illustrator for use in printing, regardless of he actual colors used in the bitmap? (I emphasize that exact matching is of no concern at all. If green comes out green, good enough.)

Also, which Pantone? I've been designating Pantone Coated, only because most of the samples they showed me did.

Does anyone have any first hand knowledge of pin printing? They like my designs, but as you can see, I am clueless what I should be doing technically to produce an Illustrator file the pin printer can successfully use to make the product.

Unfortunately, the contractor is just a middleman and does not know anything at all about the printing or manufacture of the pins, and though I've requested they get specifics from them in China, I am not optimistic that will succeed.

I can't attach files here, but I can post them online in a .zip and provide a link if that will help.

H E L P !

regards,

stevenjs
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How do I use a bitmap image in an Illustrator design for printing on a pin or button?

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Tags: convert, how, illustrator

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