Professional Printing Instructions

FOOD CARDS

• Food cards have sodium and color symbols
• There are 9 types of food cards: 
  • Green + Low sodium 
  • Green + Moderate sodium
  • Green + High sodium 
  • Yellow + Low sodium 
  • Yellow + Moderate sodium
  • Yellow + High sodium
  • Red + Low sodium 
  • Red + Moderate sodium 
  • Red + High sodium

Food cards, small & large, rectangular

• Document size:
  • Small: 2.25” × 3.75”
  • Large: 5.25” × 3.25”
• Trim (finished) size: 
  • Small (business card size): 2” × 3.5”
  • Large (index card size): 3” × 5”
• 1-sided 
• 4/0 (4-color process, 1 side only) 
• Full bleed (0.125” bleed area)
• Paper stock: Use printer recommendation for firm paper stock—for constant reuse, wear, and tear—but will be laminated 
  • Suggest: Matte coated cover stock; 80-lb 
• Laminated and trimmed

DRINK CARDS 

• Drink cards have color symbols 
• There are 3 types of drink cards: 
  • Green
  • Yellow
  • Red

Drink cards, small & large, rectangular

• Trim (finished) size: 
  • Small (business card size): 2” × 3.5”
  • Large (index card size): 3” × 5”
• 1-sided 
• 4/0 (4-color process, 1 side only) 
• Full bleed (0.125” bleed area)
• Paper stock: Use printer recommendation for firm paper stock—for constant reuse, wear, and tear—but will be laminated 
  • Suggest: Matte coated cover stock; 80-lb
• Laminated and trimmed 

POSTERS

Posters, medium & large

• Document size: 
  • Medium (18.25” × 24.25”)
  • Large (24.25” × 36.25”)
• Trim (finished) size: 
  • Medium (18” × 24”)
  • Large (24” × 36”)
• 1-sided 
• 4/0 (4-color process, 1 side only) 
• Full bleed (0.125” bleed area)
• Paper stock: Use printer recommendation for durable paper 
  • Suggest: Acid-free paper, matte, UV-coated stock; 80-lb, 90-lb, or 100-lb 

TABLE TENTS 

• Document size: 4.25” × 17.25”
• Trim (finished) size: 4” × 6” product, with a 2.5” base on both sides; trimmed printing dimensions will be 4” × 17”  1-sided
• 4/0 (4-color process, 1 side only) 
• Full bleed (0.125” bleed area)
• Paper stock: Use printer recommendation for firm paper stock for constant reuse, wear, and tear
  • Suggest: Matte coated cover stock; 80-lb

TRIFOLD BROCHURE 

• Trim (finished) size: standard paper size (8.5” × 11”) 
• 2-sided 
• 4/4 (4-color process, 2 sides) 
• Full bleed (0.125” bleed area)
• Paper stock: Use printer recommendation 
  • Suggest: Matte UV-coated stock; 80-lb or 100-lb
• Post-printing instructions: Fold both sides over the middle to form 3 equal sections.

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