- Template
notes and instructions
- Please see
Art Guidelines at this site before
starting new shopping bag or flat handle sack designs.
- Find the bag
size being designed for, in the format you want - Freehand or Illustrator.
- It is not an
error that the template height of the bag is shorter than the bag's
listed height dimension. The height must be designed shorter for
flexographic plate making and printing. It will print the full height.
- The top and
bottom bleed areas are always .25".
- The left bleed
area is always .375".
- The right bleed
area is always .125".
- If the design
does not bleed, disregard the bleed areas.
- Design elements
in a panel that should not be cut off at the top, or folded into
the bottom, should be cut back at least .25" from the cut off
and/or fold line.
- Design elements
that print to a side to side fold line must be extended at least
.0625" beyond fold line, except at left gusset fold, .375",
which folds under the seam on back side of bag. Design elements
that should not appear in an adjacent panel must be cut back from
the fold line at least .0625".
- Design elements
should not end exactly on fold lines or top cutoff - they should
bleed or be cut back as indicated above.
- These notes,
the templates and the Art Guidelines
at this site should allow any artist to start a new shopping bag
right away.
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