Dimensions: All artwork should have accurate dimensions, if you are unsure how to prepare accurate templates in the software you are using please contact a member of our design team who will be happy to assist.

Bleeds and Safety: All artwork should include a bleed of 3 mm on all sides, all text and logos should be at least a further 3 mm from the crop guides, this is because cutting can only be accurate to about 1.5 mm when chopping small items like CD booklets. The easiest way of thinking of this if you are uncertain is to make sure the background image goes right to the edge of the bleed line and that all text, logos, etc do not enter the safety areas (both of which are labelled clearly on our templates).

Resolution: All non-vector artwork should be supplied with a resolution of at least 300 dpi as this is the minimum required to achieve a high quality print.

Colour: All colour printing is full colour and should be completed and saved in CMYK.

Ink Coverage: The maximum ink coverage must be no more than 320%, if you are unsure how to check the ink coverage please contact a member of our design team.

Type: All fonts should be embedded or converted to outlines.

Formats: Artwork should be supplied as press quality PDFs, if you would prefer to supply in a different format please contact us.




If you have been quoted for a full colour (5 colour) print your discs will be litho printed.

Dimensions: All artwork should be supplied as square designs 118 mm x 118 mm. Do not crop your artwork to fit the circular design of our templates as this will be done automatically at a later stage of production.

Resolution: All non-vector artwork should be supplied with a resolution of at least 300 dpi as this is the minimum required to achieve a high quality print.

Colour: All colour printing is full colour and should be completed and saved in CMYK.

Ink Coverage: The maximum ink coverage must be no more than 320%, if you are unsure how to check the ink coverage please contact a member of our design team.

Type: All fonts should be embedded or converted to outlines.

Formats: Artwork should be supplied as press quality PDFs, if you would prefer to supply in a different format please contact us.




If you have been quoted for up to 3 colours (or any other number of spot colours) your discs will be screen printed.

Vectors: All artwork must be supplied as vector designs, screen printing is not suited to pixel based images like Tiff's or Jpeg's'.

Dimensions: All artwork should be supplied as square designs 118 mm x 118 mm. Do not crop your artwork to fit the circular design of our templates as this will be done automatically at a later stage of production.

Colour: The colour range we will be printing from is 'Pantone Solid Coated'. If you are unsure how to select from this set of colours please contact a member of our design.

Type: All fonts should be embedded or converted to outlines.

Overprint: Overprinting should be used anywhere where you would like two or more colours of your design to overlap. As a general rule always make sure the darkest colours are on top.

Trapping: The recommended parameters for colour trapping is 0.05 mm.

Formats: Artwork should be supplied as press quality PDFs, if you would prefer to supply in a different format please contact us.




Dimensions: All artwork should be supplied as a square design 118 mm x 118 mm. Do not crop your artwork to fit the circular design of our templates as this will be done automatically at a later stage of production.

Resolution: All non-vector artwork should be supplied with a resolution of at least 300 dpi as this is the minimum required to achieve a high quality print.

Colour: All colour printing is full colour and should be completed and saved in CMYK.

Ink Coverage: The maximum ink coverage must be no more than 320%, if you are unsure how to check the ink coverage please contact a member of our design team.

Type: All fonts should be embedded or converted to outlines.

Overprint: Please ensure that no elements of the design are set to overprint. We cannot always check for this and it is likely to generate unexpected results.

Formats: Artwork should be supplied as press quality PDFs, if you would prefer to supply in a different format please contact us.




We check all of your designs very carefully and make every effort to ensure that your final product will be of the highest quality. If you have any concerns regarding the colour or quality of your designs please let us know immediately so we can advise of the best way to improve them.

Due to monitors and printers using different methods to display colours, some variations will occur when the designs are transferred from screen to print. The amount of variation will depend on the brightness and contrast settings of your monitor and also the colour calibration facilities available to you.

In most cases a printed proof of the artwork prior to the final run is not a necessity; we have an experienced design team that will check all of your designs very carefully and contact you should they feel that a printed proof is necessary. If you would prefer to see a printed proof we can supply them for an additional fee.

We will be unable to print your designs if they do not meet the requirements listed above. These specifications are in place to guarantee that all of the products produced at DMS will be of the highest quality.