Artwork Requirements for branding on Promotional Pens and Promotional Pencils
Promotional Pens By Cubic specialises in branding onto corporate pens plastic or metal.  For more information on the different types of branding method available please refer to the top category Printing Pens for more information. Below details the artwork files required to transpose your desired logo to the finished product.

Artwork format (EPS or Adobe Illustrator AI file)
To print with precision and accuracy your logo or graphic needs to be in either EPS or Adobe Illustrator AI file some PDF's saved with vector lines may be acceptable. Text and logo must be layered and outlined.  Bmp, Tiff, Jpeg, PDF, GIF file cannot be accepted. Please contact your graphic designer to provide you with the right files or if you do not have proper format, we also offer services to redraw the artwork for you.  This is ranges from $30 to $45 depending on the complexity.

Specifying Colour
For spot printing, PMS colours (coated) must be quoted. We do not accept CMYK, RGB files unless it is for full colour printing of pens.

If you are not too sure what your pantone colours are, please check out our PMS Pantone colour chart for a close approximation.  This will help ensure the colours printed on the promotioanl merchandise is closest and consistent with your corporate brand colours.


Redraw
We can redraw your logo or image art work if you do not have access to the image in an Adobe Illustrator or PDF format.  Generally the redraw fee is $45 however it may vary depending on complexity.  Please submit your artwork and we can send you back accurate quote. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Fonts
All fonts for text must be either outlined. If you use the special font, please supply ttf files for us.  This will help us to provide you with the perfect product.

Proofs
We will provide a artwork mock up prior to printing for you to examine the expected look of the promotional pen.  Production of the pens will NOT be commenced until you give us an approval. All artwork mock up will be sent via an email file to you.  It is important that you check the colours, size, logo, text carefully before you send your approval. 

 
Graphic Design Work
Saw a personalised pen you really like and want to use?  A really funky promo pen?   Well if you need design work and dont have access to an graphic designer we can help out.  We can charge a low rate of $45 per hour (normal design rates are over $90 per hour).  A full quote will be provided before we undertake work.