Shopping Bag Artwork Guidelines

Tailprint -vs- Preprint

Please read these guidelines to determine if art can be tailprinted or preprinted

Tailprint Guidelines

Duro Designer offers tailprinting as the most cost effective way of printing shopping bags. While there are exceptions, the following types of print may be tailprinted:

Yellow representing lightest color printing 1st.
Blue representing darker color printing 2nd.
(Overprinting)
Dotted line showing trap.

• 1 to 4 colors on uncoated Kraft, White and Oatmeal with minimal ink coverage
• No tight traps or registration. TRAPS= 6.6 pt. outline with colors trapping halfway under outline or a 3.3 pt. overlap of colors when outlines do not exist.
• 65 Line screen or less at 40% dot size or less, no vignettes
• Minimum:
    positive line weight 1.5 pt.
    reverse type 12 pt.
    (reverse type cannot have fine serifs)
    ", TM, SM, � 8 pt. pos. 12 pt. reverse
    Stay away border between color= 3.3 pt.
    (mortice of nonprint area around letters and objects)

Preprint Guidelines

While Duro Designer's tailprinting is excellent there are designs that require preprinting. This method is used to print high quality fine linework, including very fine detail, process, halftones, duotones etc.

Yellow representing lightest color printing 1st.
Black representing darker color printing 2nd.
(Overprinting)
Dotted line showing trap.

The following types of print will be preprinted:

• Claycoated (paper) bags with varnish.
• Any designs with fine screens (4 color process, halftones and duotones).
• Jobs requiring tight registration, fine detail.
• Designs that will be laminated, embossed, rotary hotstamped, or UV varnished.
• Uncoated paper stock with 3 or more colors above 60% ink coverage that require varnish for ink rub
• protection.
• Minimum:
    positive line weight 1 pt.
    reverse rule 2 pt.
    positive type 6 pt.
    reverse type 10 pt.
    reverse type cannot have fine serifs
     ", TM, SM, � 6 pt. pos. 10 pt. reverse
  
• Trap requirements = 3.3 pt. stroke (.046") colors must trap halfway under outlines. (.023 to each side)
• Stay away border between colors= 1.65 pt. (mortice of nonprint area around letters and objects.)