FAQs

GENERAL
Q1. What is your contact number and operating hours?
Q2. Where is our collection points?

DIGITAL PRINTING
PRODUCTS/ORDERING
Q3. What is the pricing of the name cards?
Q4. What is the lead time for ordering name cards?
Q5. What type of print are you using?
Q6. What kind of paper will my job be printed on?
Q7. How do I go about re-ordering my job?

FILE PREPARATION
Q8. Can I send you documents created in MS Word or PowerPoint?

Q9. What other file formats can you take?
Q10. What types of storage media do you accept?

Q11. How well will my job match what I see on my monitor?
Q12. What is the difference between the RGB and CMYK color space and why does it matter?
Q13. Do I need to impose my name cards 8-up or 10-up if they will be printed more than 1 to a sheet?

 

FILE TRANSFER
Q14. What types of storage media do you accept?
Q15. How to enable ftp settlings?
Q16. What is your ftp server?
Q17. How long will it take to upload my files?


ONLINE PHOTOS

PRICING CHART
PRINT SIZE vs IMAGE RESOLUTION CHART
D1. What are the various products you offer?
D2. l have more prints than the maximum quantity that I can upload?
D3. Why is the image so small?
D4. I cannot download the image file sharing style?
D5. What kind of paper is my photograph printed on?
D6. What kind of printing process is used (photograph)?
D7. What kind of printing process is used (paper A4, A3, Business Cards)?
D8. Why can't I see the drag and drop upload box?

 

GENERAL
Q1. What is your contact number and operating hours?
You can call us at +65 6291 2019 or fax at +65 6481 7782 from 9am to 6pm Monday through Friday. You can email us at any time.
 

Q2. Where is our collection points?
DigiLab Singapore Pte. Ltd. has 2 collection points which are located at:

2 Soon Wing Road (End of Tannery Lane)
Soon Wing Industrial Building
#08-13
Singapore 347893

961 Jurong West Street 92
#01-204
Singapore 640961
 

PRODUCTS/ORDERINGS
Q3. What is the pricing of the name cards?
Price is calculated based on number of boxes ordered. Prices start from $14.00 for Single sided monochrome to $25.00 for Full colour double sided business cards.

Q4. What is the lead time for ordering name cards?
Your name cards will be available in 2-3 working days. An Email will be sent to notify you. For postage within S'pore, allow additional 1-2 working days.

Q5. What kind of paper will my job be printed on?
All name cards will be printed on 250 gsm art card.
Photos are printed by choice of either matte or gloss kodak photo paper.

 
Q6. What type of print are you using?
For name cards and digital printing, we are using professional digital press DocuColor 6060 Digital Color.

Q7. How do I go about re-ordering my job?
We will provide you with a re-order code, where you can easily key in to retrieve your past order.

FILE PREPARATION  (top)
Q8. Can I send you documents created in MS Word or PowerPoint? (top)
Absolutely! If you have created documents in Word or PowerPoint that contain photos, clip-art, or other color images, send them in. Same great service, same great pricing.

Q9. What other file formats can you take? (top)
We can take any Mac or PC version of Pagemaker, InDesign, CorelDRAW!, Illustrator, Photoshop, Freehand, Publisher, Word, PowerPoint, any file output as a PDF or listed above.

Q10. What types of storage media do you accept? (top)
We can take your files on a CD, DVD or USB drive.

Q11. How well will my job match what I see on my monitor? (top)
The display on monitor is RGB color, however professional digital press is running CMYK. Due to the wide differences in monitor calibration and the different technologies used, some printed colors may not exactly match the colors on a your specific monitor. We do our best to make your job look good.

Q12. What is the difference between the RGB and CMYK color space and why does it matter? (top)
RGB refers to the primary colors of light, Red, Green and Blue, that are used in monitors, television screens, digital cameras and scanners. CMYK refers to the primary colors of pigment: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black. These are the inks used on the press in "4-color process printing", commonly referred to as "full color printing".

Q13. Do I need to impose my name cards 8-up or 10-up if they will be printed more than 1 to a sheet? (top)
No, send us a single layout of your job unimposed, we will handle any imposition needed on our end. Let the job to the professional.

FILE TRANSFER  (top)
Q14. What types of storage media do you accept?
We can take your files on a CD, DVD or Zip disk.

Q15. How to enable ftp settings? (top)
Make sure that you disable passive mode(for Windows Internet Explorer users).
tools >> internet options >> advanced >> use passive ftp .... make sure this is disabled


Q16. What is your ftp server? (top)
ftp://digilab.com.sg

Q17. How long will it take to upload my files? (top)
It will vary depending upon your file size, the speed of your Internet connection and the volume of Internet traffic at the time you send it.

PRICING CHART  (top)

PRODUCT QUANTITY

1 4 100 200 300 400 500 >600

1R

- $4.00 - - - - - -

2R

$1.00 - - - - - - -

4R

$0.35 - $0.33 $0.31 $0.29 - - -

5R

$1.20 - - - - - - -

6R

$2.50 - - - - - - -

8R

$5.00 - - - - - - -

8Rs

$6.00 - - - - - - -

10R

$15.00 - - - - - - -

12R

$20.00 - - - - - - -












 
  All price are quoted per piece. For more than 1 piece, please multiple by the number of quantity
All prices are in SGD dollars.
 

PRINT SIZE vs IMAGE RESOLUTION CHART
 

PRINT SIZE

APPROXIMATED RESOLUTION APPROXIMATED FILE SIZE

1R

640 480 150KB

2R

800 600 200KB

4R

1024 768 250KB

5R

1200 800 450KB

6R

1280 1024 600KB

8R / 8RS

1600 1200 1MB

A4

1600 1200 1MB

10R

2048 1536 2MB

12R

3088 2048 3MB

A3

3088 2048 3MB








 
  This is only a guide
*Ordering prints larger than the resolution permits will result in pixilated images.
 

D1. What are the various products you offer? (top)
1R - commonly known as passport size prints. Comes in a set of four
2R - 2x3inch photographic (matte/glossy) print on KODAK Royal paper
4R - 4x6inch photographic (matte/glossy) print on KODAK Royal paper
5R - 5x7inch photographic (matte/glossy) print on KODAK Royal paper
6R - 6x8inch photographic (matte/glossy) print on KODAK Royal paper
8R - 8x10inch photographic (matte/glossy) print on KODAK Royal paper
8Rs - 8x12inch photographic (matte/glossy) print on KODAK Royal paper
10R - 10x15inch photographic (matte/glossy) print on KODAK Royal paper
12R - 12x18inch photographic (matte/glossy) print on KODAK Royal paper
A4 80 gsm b/w - Black and white Xerox print on 80 gsm A4 paper
A4 80 gsm colour - Colour Xerox print on 80 gsm A4 paper
A3 80 gsm b/w - Black and white Xerox print on 80 gsm A3 paper
A3 80 gsm colour - Colour Xerox print on 80 gsm A3 paper
Business Cards b/w - Black and white Xerox printed business cards on 250 gsm paper
Business Cards colour - Colour Xerox printed business cards on 250 gsm paper
Fridge Magnet - 2x3.5inch photographic print mounted on magnetic backing

 
D2. I have more prints than the maximum quantity that I can upload?  (top)
Once you have made your order, you can delete the images immediately and upload new ones.
 
D3. Why is the image so small?  (top)
We want to optimise the images for web to quicken the loading time of each page.
 
D4. I cannot download the image file sharing style?  (top)
We do not have file download facilities. The interface is for you to upload and view only.
 
D5. What kind of paper is my photograph printed on?  (top)
All photographs will be printed onto KODAK royal paper.

D6. What kind of printing process is used (photograph)?  (top)
We use the latest digital wet printing technology available to ensure that prints are of the highest quality.

D7. What kind of printing process is used (paper A4, A3, Business Cards)?  (top)
We use a Xerox DocuColor 6060 press, one of the high end commercial laser printer.

D8. Why can't I see the drag and drop upload box?  (top)
JAVA 1.4 is required. For windows users please follow on screen instructions when prompted to install JAVA. It is advised that Windows 2000 and XP users get the latest service pack from the Microsoft website.
 

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