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CRITICAL NOTES
(PLEASE READ THESE NOTES!)
1. Make sure we have provided
you with a quotation for your job, based on the specifications
you have decided upon. While our web page and email price lists
are comprehensive, there is always the chance that something
may be overlooked (or that prices have changed since you last
inquired about pricing). We want to be sure that there are no
surprise costs that show up on your final invoice.
2. We are prepared to provide
you with free UPC codes for your media project, upon request.
3. When preparing for prepress,
make certain that you have received appropriate template files
and/or dimensional specifications from us. Make sure to follow
the instructions included within our templates to the letter.
Most templates are available on our site here.
4. Our prepress route is
"direct-to-plate". This provides for the highest quality printing
(where both misregistration and dot-gain are minimized), best
price, and quickest turnaround. The one downside to the direct-to-plate
prepress route is the accuracy of the color proof (that you
see and approve before the job is printed). If receiving a color
accurate proof is essential to you, please discuss other options
with us. Always feel free to give us a call to more thoroughly
discuss your options.
5. We accept most if not
all master formats for replication. For CD manufacturing, the
most common masters we experience are CDRs, dats, 1630s and
exabyte (16mm) cartridges.
6. For CD projects, be sure
to draw our attention to any 'hidden' tracks that may occur
on your master, but are not listed on your artwork. If there
are hidden tracks that we are not aware of, then the plant will
most likely flag your master (causing unwanted delays in the
manufacturing process). This detail is especially important
for time-sensitive jobs.
7. For CD projects, you
must bring to our attention if your CD is set up to be an "enhanced"
or "hybrid" CD (containing both audio information
and multimedia or software information.) If there is additional
non-audio information on the CD-master and the plant is unaware
of it, there is a real danger that this information will be
"stripped"/ignored during manufacturing and not end
up on the finished project. Please call or write if you are
unsure whether your master is "enhanced" or not.
8. Please thoroughly read
and review Bellwether Manufacturing's Terms
and Conditions before placing your order.
PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Unless other arrangements have been made,
we typically require payment in full (reflecting any possible
overrun) at the outset of the job. You can pay by check or money
order, which can be sent in with your media master to the address
below. Or you can pay with credit card. Accordingly, you can
simply call us at 812-334-2499 with your credit card information.
In the event that there is less than a full overrun of CDs,
you would be credited via check (or your credit card account
would be credited).
If you would like us to consider any other payment arrangement,
we would need a credit application filled out (available on
the home page of the site under the "forms" pulldown menu).
Most likely, we would then follow up with you to discuss your
credit references and may require you to sign additional personal
guaranties. This credit process typically takes a few weeks,
so it may not be a realistic option for time-sensitive jobs.
Please consult your estimator or customer service representative
if you have any questions on this front.
PROJECT DELIVERY STEPS
1. Only email us your artwork
if files are cumulatively less than 5 megabytes. Only upload
your artwork to our ftp site if your files are cumulatively
less than 100 megabytes. (You will have to request the ftp address
from us.) If your files are greater than 5 or 100megs respectively,
please send them via multiple CDRs along with your master, prepayment as check or money
order (if not using credit card), your "anti-piracy compliance
form" (see item 3 below) and instructions to:
Bellwether Manufacturing
Attention: Kristin
1499 West 2nd Street
Bloomington, IN 47403
(812) 334-2499
2. We highly recommend you
notify us once the various components of your project are headed
in our direction. It is very helpful to us to know the name
of the project and its corresponding catalog/matrix number,
if the project has one. We cannot commence with manufacturing
until all the necessary components are in our hands.
3. VERY,
VERY IMPORTANT:
Bellwether Manufacturing works only with vendors who are committed
to industry-wide anti-piracy efforts. Accordingly, you must
submit an "anti-piracy
compliance form" with your media master. We can send
this to you via mail, via fax or you can download a PDF of it
from our site at
http://www.bellwethermfg.com/bellwether/templates/antipiracyform.pdf.
This form looks a lot scarier than it actually is. Simply put,
if you own the intellectual property on the media master, state
so, sign the form and list the corresponding "tracks"
of audio/data/video content on appendix A. If material is licensed
or "borrowed", we can easily walk you through the
license-clearance process. Of course, if you have any questions,
don't hesitate to call or write us.
4. Even if you have given
us all the following information at one time or another, please
reiterate everything within your instructions (if you have been
corresponding with us via email, it may also help to include
a printed copy of the emailed quote we gave you for your project).
Information we need:
a. Your contact info (address, daytime phone number,
email address)
b. Shipping instructions for artwork proof (if applicable).
Please, include phone number along with address.
c. Shipping instructions for manufactured goods. Please
includethe phone numbers for the respective addresses. If you
are shipping portion(s) of the final quantity to different locations,
please indicate this. If you need to ship all or part of the
final product by any means other than standard freight (3-5
working days), let us know. Note that this will likely significantly
increase the cost of shipping.
d. The manufacturing/printing specifications for your
job. An itemized list of the final quote will suffice.
e. Any special details (such as "no shrinkwrap",
"topspine labels", "sticker printing","sticker
application", "enhanced CDR" etc.) should be
reiterated. Again, review critical notes above.
f. Let us know, in advance, of any time constraints you
might have (CD release show or upcoming tour...). It is far
easier to schedule rush jobs at the beginning of production
than "mid-production".
5. CD Order Form,
DVD Order Form
If you have any questions, at any stage of design or manufacturing,
please contact us.
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