Customisation
From a Rough Sketch to a Printed Run
Most briefs that reach us are not print-ready. A photograph of a competitor’s bag, a sketch on paper, a logo in the wrong colour space. That is normal, and it is where the work starts rather than where it stops.
Artwork inAI, EPS, PDF or SVG
DielinesBuilt by our team
ApprovalDigital proof before tooling
ShapesCustom contours tooled to order
What a Typical Customisation Looks Like
The Brief Arrives Incomplete
A product, a rough idea of the pack, and often no dieline at all. Before any design happens we settle the physical questions: fill weight, shelf life, the market it ships to, and whether it goes on a shelf or into a box.
Structure Before Graphics
The format and the barrier get decided first, because they set the dieline. Designing artwork before the dieline exists is the single most common reason a project has to be redrawn.
Artwork Laid Out on the Real Dieline
Our graphics team places the supplied elements on the actual outline, with bleed, seal lands and gusset folds shown. You see where the design lands on a folded bag, not on a flat rectangle.
Digital Proof and 3D Visual
A flat proof for content and a 3D render for how it reads filled and standing. Text, barcodes, legal copy and net weight all get checked at this stage, while changes are still free.
Printing Proof Where Colour Is Critical
For a range launch, or a brand colour that has to match across several SKUs, we print a proof on the actual substrate. Film takes ink differently from paper, and a colour that looked right on screen can land noticeably off on a matt laminate.
Production, Inspection, Shipment
Extrusion, printing, lamination, curing, bag making and QC against the approved sample. Pre-shipment inspection reports are issued as standard, with photographs of the finished goods.
Where Projects Usually Go Wrong
- Artwork designed before the dieline. The layout has to be rebuilt once the real fold lines appear.
- Colour approved on a screen. Monitors are backlit and film is not. Approve on a proof.
- Barrier chosen on price alone. A cheaper laminate that halves the shelf life costs far more in returns.
- Type too close to the seal. Anything inside the seal land is distorted or lost when the bag is made.
- One size ordered, three needed. Cylinders are per artwork. Planning the range up front avoids paying for tooling twice.
Artwork support
From a Rough Idea to a File the Engraver Can Cut
Most first orders arrive without a print-ready file, and that is normal. These are the five stages the artwork passes through, and the first three are ours to do.
- 1
What You Send
A sketch, a photograph of a pack you like, or a slide with the elements on it. No dieline needed, and no design file if you do not have one.
- 2
We Build the Dieline
Drawn to your fill weight and format: panel sizes, gusset depth, seal lands, zipper and valve positions, and the safe area your artwork has to stay inside.
- 3
Artwork Laid onto It
Our graphics team places your elements on the dieline, sets the bleed, converts to the print colour space and flags anything that will not hold at print size.
- 4
A 3D Mock-Up to Sign Off
A rendered pack so you can see it standing before any tooling exists. This is the cheapest point to change your mind, and most people do.
- 5
Press Art Confirmation
The final layout with registration marks, colour bar and separations, exactly as it goes to the engraver. Nothing is cut until you approve this.
Getting the file right
What We Need, and What We Can Work Around
Send If You Have It
- Vector artwork — AI, EPS, PDF or SVG, with fonts outlined so nothing substitutes.
- Images at 300 dpi at final printed size, not scaled up from a website.
- Colour references as Pantone numbers rather than screenshots.
- A physical sample of a pack you are matching. We measure it rather than guess.
We Can Work Around
- No dieline. That is ours to draw, always.
- A logo as a JPEG. We redraw it as vector; small type from a JPEG will not hold at print size.
- No nutrition or legal panel yet. We leave the space and set it when you send the text.
- An RGB file. We convert and tell you which colours will shift before you sign anything off.
We Will Flag Before Printing
- Type or rules crossing a gusset fold or a seal land.
- Reversed-out text below about 7 pt on kraft, which fills in.
- A barcode over a curve, a seal or a dark background, which will not scan.
- A tint that will band across a large solid rather than print flat.
Colour
Why the Proof and the Pack Are Two Different Things
A screen emits light and a pouch reflects it, so a colour approved on a monitor is an approximation of an approximation. Matt film pulls a colour down; gloss lifts it; kraft warms everything and metallised film changes it again. None of that is a printing fault — it is the substrate doing what substrates do.
The way through it is a printed draw-down on your actual film, which we can run before the full job. It costs a setup and it is the only thing that settles a colour argument. Where a brand colour carries real weight, ask for one; where it does not, a Pantone reference and a note about the finish is usually enough.
On repeat orders we match to the retained sample from the first run rather than to the artwork file, which is what keeps this year’s pack sitting beside last year’s on the same shelf.
Send Us the Brief
Product and fill weight, the format you have in mind, quantity per SKU, and where it ships. That is enough for a real quote rather than a range.
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Frequently asked
Artwork, Dielines and Proofing Questions
We have no designer — can you lay the artwork out?
Yes. Send the elements — logo, copy, images, legal text — and our graphics team builds the dieline and lays the design out on it. You approve the result before anything is engraved.
Do you charge for artwork?
Laying your elements onto our dieline is part of the order. Original design from a blank page is a separate quote, because it is a different job.
What file formats do you accept?
AI, EPS, PDF and SVG with fonts outlined. We can open PSD and INDD but will ask for a vector export of anything that has to print sharp.
What is a dieline and why does it come first?
It is the flat outline of the bag with every fold, seal land and gusset marked. Designing before it exists is the single most common reason a project has to be redrawn.
Can a window be die-cut in any shape?
Almost any closed shape, cut to your artwork rather than dropped into a stock rectangle. Very sharp internal corners are the one limit, because they start tears.
How much bleed and safe area do you need?
3 mm bleed past every trim and seal edge, and critical elements kept clear of the seal land. Type that sits in a seal disappears into the weld.
Can we see the pack in 3D before committing?
Yes. You get a flat proof and a 3D render against the actual dieline, so you can see how the design lands on a folded bag rather than on a rectangle.
How many rounds of revisions are included?
Layout revisions are open until you sign off — arguing over a round of amends is not where anyone should spend the budget. Changes after engraving mean new cylinders.
Can you copy the structure of a competitor pack?
We can match a structure — gauge, plies, closure, gusset depth. We will not copy protected artwork or trade dress, and we will say so rather than take the order.
Who owns the dieline and the final files?
You do. The engraved cylinders stay in our plant because that is where they are used, but the dieline and the press-ready artwork are yours to take anywhere.