We offer two different types of printing for our paper parts, litho and laser. Large run replication orders will be litho printed and short run duplication orders will be laser printed. If you would prefer to have your paper parts litho printed on a shorter run please let us know and we will adjust your quote accordingly.

Please supply your designs as Illustrator, In-Design, Photoshop or FreeHand files. If you would prefer to use other design software make sure you can save them as a pdf, a tiff, or a jpeg with the correct quality settings.

Litho prints may be supplied in cmyk or greyscale and laser prints may be supplied in cmyk, greyscale or rgb colour formats.

All designs should have accurate dimensions so they can be cut and folded correctly. If you are unsure how to layout your designs please contact a member of our design team who will be happy to give you some advice. Depending on the software you are using they may also be able to supply you with templates you can work straight into.

All designs should have a 3mm bleed on all of the outside edges and a 3mm safety area on all of the inside edges, this will ensure a perfect finish every time. Please make sure all background shapes and images extend out to the bleed lines and all text and logo's do not cross into the safety areas.

All images should have a resolution of at least 300 dpi.

There are two different methods of printing onto a replicated disc, screen and litho, discs printed with up to 4 colours will be screen printed and full colour discs will be litho printed. Screen printing is better suited to solid colours as opposed to gradients or full colour images and litho printing is better suited to gradients and full colour images as opposed to solid colours.

Screen prints should be supplied as vector images and text in Illustrator, FreeHand or pdf formats, if you choose to supply them as pdf's please supply a separate pdf for each colour. Select the colours you would like to use from the 'Pantone Solid Coated' range.

Litho prints should be supplied as Illustrator, In-Design, Photoshop, FreeHand, pdf, tiff or jpeg files in a cmyk colour format with a resolution of at least 600dpi.

Designs should have accurate dimensions and be cropped so they are circular, do not remove the centre circles as these will be removed automatically.

Please supply your designs as Illustrator, In-Design, Photoshop, FreeHand, pdf, tiff or jpeg files in a cmyk, rgb or greyscale colour format.

Designs should have accurate dimensions and be cropped so they are circular, do not remove the centre circles as these will be removed automatically.

All images should have a resolution of at least 300 dpi.

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.