File Transfer Checklist
To ensure accurate and prompt translation of your files, please use a supported file type and follow the guidelines below.
When your file is ready, please email it as an attachment to the Peters Steel Rule Die Design Department at .
FILE TYPES
Please use the preferred formats listed below, and avoid those that are unsupported. For assistance with file formatting issues, please contact us.
Preferred file formats include:
- .ai Adobe Illustrator Format
- .pdf Portable Document Format
- .eps Encapsulated PostScript
- .dxf drawing exchange format
Peters Dies is not able to read or convert the following file types:
- Macintosh formatted files
- .dat comma delimited ascii text
- .tif tagged image file format
- .jpg compressed photograph
- .cdr Corel Draw image file
OTHER GUIDELINES
- Use a 1:1 scaled ratio.
- Use vector line types. Raster images cannot be read or converted.
- Extra Lines: All cut, score, perforation and construction lines have the same line type when converted to the die-making software. Be sure to indicate what a line type is, if it is unusual, and delete any construction lines from your file.
- View: Indicate if your design is print/outside view, or if it is die/inside view.
- Grip Edge: Indicate which rule is the grip edge dead feed and/or extensions.
- For high speed presses, (Bobst, Iijima, Miehle, etc.) include a precise measurement from the edge of the sheet to the first cut rule on the grip edge.