Frequently Asked Questions
1. How long does it take before my order is shipped ?
The production time depends on the size of the order. We place your order in line for production as soon as you have approved your layout and made payment. We try to keep production time to 2 - 3 days at the most unless its a large or custom order requiring more production time. We will always try to meet any of your deadline requests and can print the same day if you choose our express production option in your order.
2. Will your magnetic signs stick to all vehicles ?
No, there are a few specific cars and trucks magnets will simply not stick to (ie corvettes) due to there being no metal, or low amounts of metal in the doors. There are also situations where there has been work done on the car, bondo or other automotive body repair items, that will make the door no longer magnetic receivable. However, there is a simple way to check if your car door will accept a magnetic. Simply get a magnet that you are certain sticks to something metal (IE your refrigerator) and check if it will stick to your door. Please take care not to scratch your car with this magnet.
3. How Long Will They Last ?
Magnetic Signs should last at least 2 - 3 years and maybe even longer with proper care and handling.
4. What is Vector art ?
Vector art is like line art. If you'd put a pen on a piece of paper and draw, the lines would be vector shapes. Circles and squares are simple vector images. Our "knife" blade plotter cuts vinyl film by following the trace of the vector images.
5. What is a Raster Image ?
Raster is more of a photograph, with gradients, soft meshes, textures, etc. Not just spot color shapes as described above (vector art). You could not cut out a raster image out of vinyl. Raster images need to be printed vinyl and transferred to our magnetic material. Raster images are usually printed as 4 color process prints.
6. What type of files for artwork do you prefer ?
We prefer all artwork to submitted in Adobe Illustrator AI format, text converted to outlines to ensure no font loading problems. If you prefer we can accept Tiffs,BMP or jpeg files but all these files must be at least 150 dpi at printed size.
7. What's the largest file size I can email you ?
If you can't fit it on a 3.5 inch floppy (1.44 Megabytes or a 15 minute Download on a 56k Modem) it's too big to send through email. If you have a file of a larger size we suggest you put it on a zip disk or CDR.
8. Why do you round the corners ?
We round the corners on all our magnetic signs, this prevents the corners from lifting from the wind as you drive down the road. We do not charge extra for this service as without rounded corners your signs will not stay on your vehicle.
9. What type of magnetic material do you use ?
We use magnum magnets 30mil magnetic material made here in the good old U.S.A
10. What equipment do you use to make my signs ?
We use proper outdoor eco-solvent printers utilizing the latest in outdoor printing technology. We do not use inkjet printers or desk top converted units. All our equipment is state of the art and the results show.