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Rack Card Templates

These press-ready printing templates define proper document size, bleeds, and trim marks marks to ensure your rack card is correctly set up. The following document sizes are available with bleeds set to an eighth of an inch (0.125″):

3.5″ × 8.5″
4.25″ × 11″

Instructions

In Illustrator, simply open the .eps files and begin building your rack card, using the guides and layers as a reference point.

In Photoshop, open either the .eps or .pdf files and click 'OK' in the Rasterize dialogue you will see upon opening the files. This will create a rasterized layer from which you can use as a reference as you build your document.

In InDesign, you will need to create a document as follows: Go to File > New > Document. If using the 3.5″ × 8.5″ template, select Tabloid under Size (Or type '3.5 in' under Width and '8.5 in' under Height, without the quotes). If using the 4.25″ × 11″ template, select Legal under Size (Or type '4.25 in' under Width and '11 in' under Height, without the quotes). For either size, set all margins to .125 in, and set all bleeds to .125 in. Then click 'Ok' to create the document. Now you may go to File > Place and place our template as your reference point, lining up the red area (the bleed) with the red bleed line in InDesign.

Guidance

On the rack card template, you will see distinct areas:

Red denotes the bleed area. If you need graphics that touch edge of your rack card, you will need to extend your artwork into the bleed area. The bleed area will be trimmed from your final product and ensures a proper, final appearance.
Green denotes the safety zone. We do not recommend placing any text inside this area as it is directly adjacent to the trim line.

Download

You may download the template as an EPS, PDF, or as a Zip file containing all versions.

Sized to 3.5″ × 8.5″

Sized to 4.25″ × 11″

All sizes

All Sizes of Rack Card Templates (Zipped)