artwork checklist

Intro

Artwork upload guidelines differ from printer to printer. We pride ourselves on our ability to provide immaculate quality print, but we can only do that if your artwork is uploaded correctly.

To make sure we print your job perfectly, please run your artwork through the checklist below to ensure nothing is missing.

Press-Ready PDF Checklist

  • Manually select 'Print' and choose the 'Press Quality' setting
  • Include bleed and add crop marks (outer corner marks, not full colour bars) outset by 6 points, so they do not touch the cut size of the document. Please refer to our guide: how to set up bleed and crop marks

Applications and Fonts Checklist

  • Optimise your PDF for print (300 dpi images)
  • Embed your fonts
  • Choose "Press Quality" when creating your PDF

Colour Checklist

  • Artwork should be CMYK or greyscale We'll automatically convert all PANTONE® and RGB colours to CMYK. Any artwork supplied in RGB or PANTONE® colours may look different once printed in CMYK. Printed Easy cannot take responsibility for any difference if artwork is not supplied in CMYK

Scans and Images

  • Colour images should be CMYK colour mode
  • Scanned or bitmapped images should be 300 dpi