Using the "Sitemax - Artwork" Teams Chat, check with Production what width the material they will be printing the banner on

In this case, they will be using 3.2m wide select mesh, however, we are only able to print at 3.1m wide on this mesh.

Open the proof in Illustrator

Create a artboard at 10% of the requested banner size

Example:

This banner is 800 x 730cm divide each dimension by 10.

The artboard will need to be 80 x 73cm

Copy the design from the proof to the new artboard

Align to the top left and scale the size on the proof

PERFORM ANY BANNER FINISH-SPECIFIC ADJUSTMENTS

Keda Edged Vinyl - Minus 15mm in length and height

Rope Edged Mesh and Vinyl banners - Plus 100mm to the length and height

Eyeletted Vinyl Banners - Add pink eyelet marks

Set Rulers to be every 3.1m across the length of the banner

Place the first ruler on the left edge of the artboard

Then, Using Horizontal Distribution, set the distribution spacing to be the print width advised by production (3.1 in this case) and align from the first ruler.

If it is better for the design or orientation of the banner, this step can be done to the height of the banner.

Check to see if there is a better place on the banner to split so less text and images are cut through.

If the rulers are aligned to this position, ensure you don't exceed the print width advised by production.

Doing this will aid in creating a cleaner join.

Draw rectangles from one ruler to the next at the height of the artboard.

Then delete the rulers.

Using the rectangles drawn in step 8, create a clipping mask of what is behind them

Using the action, open the Crops and Cuts Illustrator file and copy the required pink banner end. Then paste it on the artboard with the three clipping masks

Fit the artboard to the first clipping mask (Panel 1)

Align the pink banner end horizontally to the top edge of the artboard.

The resize to match the width of the artboard.

Type the code into the pink banner end, replacing the place holder code "C00000_0".

Update the "Panel X" to be the require panel number (Panel 1)

Duplicate the pink banner end, rotate 180 degrees and align to the bottom edge of the artboard

Select both pink banner ends, and on the right-hand edge, add the required width for the weld join.

40mm (0.4cm @ 10%) For

• Select Mesh with Keda Tape

• Rope Edged Vinyl Banners

• Edged and Eyeletted Vinyl Banners

30mm (0.3cm @ 10%) For

• Keda Edged Banners

Draw a Keyline between the pink lines at 0.07pt thick.

Duplicate and align one to the left edge and one to right edge of the pink banner ends.

Select everything relating to Panel 1 and Fit the artboard to the artwork.

Checking to confirm that the keylines are inside the artboard.

Save the first-panel print file.

Steps are:

File > Save As (Contol + Shift + S)

Open the production artwork folder (SIT01NAS01 > Production > Artwork)

Find Customer Folder

Name as "Artwork Code" Customer Name" "Panel & Number or Letter"

Set Save As Type To PDF

Save

Then, save it again in Illustrator.

Repeat steps 11 - 18 for the remaining panels updating the panel number each time.

NOTE:

The last panel won't require Step 15 as it won't have another banner welded to the right of this banner.

Once all the panels are saved copy the proof in to the customer proof folder in production

File Path - SIT01NAS01 > Production > Artwork > "Customer Folder" > Proofs