Meridian Labels
Artwork & Origination
Pre-flight, colour management and a printed proof on the material the job will run on — because a screen is not a proof.
- Colour tolerance
- ΔE 2 or better
- Proofs
- Printed on your stock
- Pre-flight
- Before quoting
- Artwork help
- Included
Every file that arrives here is pre-flighted before it is quoted, not after it is scheduled. We check bleed, die line, minimum text size, barcode magnification and quiet zones, and overprint settings — the five things that cause almost every reprint. About one file in six comes back with something to fix, and we would rather have that conversation in week one.
Colour is matched to a physical target using a spectrophotometer, to a Delta E of 2 or better. If you send us a printed sample of the last run, we match that; if you send a Pantone reference, we match that; if you send a screenshot, we will ask for one of the other two.
Every new job gets a printed proof on the actual face stock and finish, posted to you. A digital PDF proof shows you the layout and tells you nothing about how a soft-touch laminate will change the colour, which on a dark label can be a visible shift.
Our other services
Six presses on one site, and an honest answer about which of them your job wants.
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Printing Solutions
Digital, flexographic and hybrid printing from 250 labels to four million. We will tell you which process suits your run length rather than the one our machines are idle on.
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Printing Materials
Paper and synthetic face stocks, permanent, removable, freezer and high-tack adhesives, and the finishes that decide whether a label survives a dishwasher or a chiller.
Send the artwork and tell us the substrate
We pre-flight before we quote, not after we schedule. About one file in six comes back with something to fix, and week one is the cheap time to find it.