Printing Guidance

Question

Hi all
I'm a fairly new transfer into the world of vector graphics and have been given a print assignment with the following instructions. Any clarification on this would be very helpful, in terms of sizing my artboard down and what would be acceptable. My logo has no text as it is all an object so I assume I can ignore the outline creation? Should I also worry about the 3cm gap in the middle or is that taken care of during the output process anyway?
Thanks =)
"The size of the adverts on the scrolling signage measure 1m x 5,9m  (landscape) with a  3cm gap in the middle.
Artwork should be set to scale. Preferred format for artwork is .pdf  (please ensure outlines are created before saving)
A jpeg or pdf (low res) is also required as a visual proof.
on a scale of 1:10 to reduce file-size. "

Answer 1

BF,
First of all, you may work at 1:10, 100 mm x 590 mm, and Save As PDF when the time comes (PDF can scale everything up), and that will be the size of the proof, too.
You may ask the following questions to those giving the assignment (or their printer), with comments:
1) Does the Outlining apply to Type, in other words Live Type should be converted, other artwork unchanged? It can hardly mean anything else.
2) Is the gap in the middle for overlapping? They might be printing on two sheets, 1000x2965 mm (with the 30 mm gap) and 1000x2935 mm (overlapping 30 mm, over the gap).
Confirmation of 2) would mean that you should split the artwork in the middle and move the parts 30 mm apart, the resulting width being within the 5900 mm. Depending on the artwork this can be done in different ways.