process

At Rima Graphics, we do our best to make the process of designing and building your custom signs/decals as easy, convenient, and enjoyable as possible.

The process begins with your phone call, fax, email, or visit to our shop . We'll respond by asking you a number of questions to help us understand what the signs/decals need to accomplish and what other requirements, restrictions, needs, and desires we should take into account.

We'll also discuss the design process, to give us a better understanding of the time required to design them and to build them. Our clients come in with a full range of design needs, from those who want us to design their signs/decals entirely from scratch to those who have all their artwork completely finished in electronic form.

Once we have a clear idea of your needs, we'll send you a detailed estimate giving you the exact price and a delivery date. For many clients, all you need to do then is sign and return the estimate and send us a deposit (by mailing a cheque or by electronic transfer) and we can begin designing and building the signs/decals. For other clients, the estimate might need a round or two of refinements and revisions before we're ready to move on.

Whether we design your signs/decals completely or base them on art that you provide us, we always make sure that you review and approve proofs of final layouts before we begin production. The approval process often takes place via fax or email, but some customers prefer to come in to the shop to see the proofs in colour, either on printouts or on our computer screens.

Once the layouts have been approved, we begin production. Sometimes this requires ordering special materials, but most of our suppliers provide prompt delivery, and we're certain you'll be pleased by our turnaround times. Your completed signs can be picked up at our shop , or we can ship them to you. We also provide a range of installation options at reasonable prices.

Submitting Artwork
We work with a broad array of artwork formats, including everything from hand-drawn sketches to vectorized files that you email to us. The most efficient (and therefore most cost-effective) format is vectorized artwork (art produced in drawing programs such as: Corel Draw, Adobe Illustrator, Freehand).

The most efficient way of sending your artwork to us is in an electronic format, such as email, CD-ROM, Zip disk, or floppy disk.

If you don't have artwork, our designers can work with you to create a custom layout for your project.