Crafting print-ready artwork for commercial printing might seem bewildering, especially for newcomers.
To make your journey smoother, we’ve fashioned an uncomplicated checklist outlining fundamental press-ready artwork essentials. Utilize it as your compass prior to uploading your creation – it’s a time-saver that wards off any avoidable printing hitches.
If you got any questions on the file setup, feel free to contact us.
Before submitting your artwork, please check that:
- The Artwork is in the correct size.
- Your artwork contains correctly set bleed setting
- Your artwork is set using CMYK colours.
- All rich blacks are set to C =20%, M = 20%, Y = 20%, K = 100%.
- All fine black text is set to C=0%, M=0%, Y=0%, K=100% and is set to overprint.
- All fonts are outlined or embedded.
- All lines are expanded.
- All links are embedded or package within a zip file.
- To reduce the possibility of small/thin lines & text breaking up, we recommend all lines are at least 0.3pt wide and where possible text should be at least 8pt using a non-narrow, non-ultra light or non-thin style font.
- To reduce the possibility of uneven borders & strips, we recommend borders and strips in your artwork are at least 3mm wide or 3mm in from the trim edge.
- We recommend images in your artwork are 300dpi when placed at 100%. Please note that increasing the dpi in Photoshop does not increase the resolution of an image.
- All transparencies are flattened.