Leeward Productions EPS-Format License Plate Layout Templates

To qualify for our $40 order discount ($10 for item #40101) you must use a template below to prepare digital print-ready art, and follow the artwork requirements. The templates are intended for either professionally trained graphic designers or those with equivalent experience, and you need to follow standard industry trade practices for preparing your file to qualify for the discount. These are covered in the artwork requirement links below, but the main requirements are:

• Professionally drawn and built vector paths and objects that color-separate cleanly and can be trapped easily.
• Use of defined color swatches, consistently applied, that enable proper color-separation.
• All fonts converted to outlines/paths.
• Bitmap (pixel-based) artwork used only for process-color files, with one specific exception for spot-color files (covered in the relevant artwork guidelines).
• Mounting holes do not punch through critical artwork unless you notify us it’s okay in advance, so we don’t spend time to fix.
• Save or export the file in Adobe Illustrator .AI or .EPS vector format, any version up to CS4 (same as version 14).

The idea is that you should have enough experience with professional graphics file preparation that you readily understand how to meet the outlined requirements, to save us the majority of the file prep work we would otherwise perform. We will in some cases give partial discount credit, at our discretion, depending on how much time the file saves us, even if it does not fully meet the requirements, so it’s not an “all or nothing” proposition. But be reasonably certain you have the know-how before investing your time. Normally this means you’re skilled with a vector-drawing program like Adobe Illustrator, FreeHand, or CorelDraw. Or Photoshop may be used to prepare artwork for process-color output, but the art should still be placed and cropped as it is intended to print in one of our vector templates, and saved as a vector .AI or .EPS file.

Be sure to choose the appropriate layout template for the item number you’re ordering. Templates contain plate and mounting hole outlines, and specify margin areas to aid in making allowances for art placement.

Important: Plate artwork submitted using a template to qualify for the order discount is printed “as is,” and does not receive our “before and after” design service.

#40124: 12x6” Spot-Color Screen-Printed Aluminum License Plate
Artwork requirements for spot-color screen-printing

  (216 KB, 40124-cust-template-04fnl-eps.zip)

#40031 and #40033: 12x6” Spot-Color Screen-Printed Embossed Aluminum License Plate
Artwork requirements for spot-color screen-printing

Specific template not yet available. In the interim, use the #40124 template just above but with a 1/4” outer margin rather than 3/16”.

#40066 and #40067: 12x6” Full-Color Resin-Printed Aluminum License Plate
Artwork requirements for resin-printed process-color

  (420 KB, 40066-cust-template-05fnl-eps.zip)

#40101: 12x6” Full-Color Eco-Solvent Inkjet Aluminum License Plate

  (340 KB, 40101-cust-template-02fnl-eps.zip)

Artwork requirements – Follow those for #40066 above, with these two exceptions: With solvent inkjet output there is no need to be concerned about the minimum reproducible feature size for vector art (other than for visibility at a distance), or the reproducible tint range.

#40255: 12x6” Spot-Color Screen-Printed Polyethylene Plastic License Plate
Artwork requirements for spot-color screen-printing

  (224 KB, 40255-cust-template-02fnl-eps.zip)

12x6” license plate layout template as PDF. For use in sketching auto tag layouts on paper. Based on template #40124 above. (Note: Sketches do not qualify for the order discount.)

leewardpro_tag_template_132.pdf  (52 KB)