Print Ready Artwork
Artwork Submission Guidelines
Follow these recommendations to help your artwork print clean, crisp, and at the highest possible quality.
Before You Design
When creating a new design, select Custom Size, Canvas Size, Document Size, or Artboard Size in your design software and enter the pixel dimensions listed below.
These guidelines apply to Canva, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, CorelDRAW, Affinity Designer, GIMP, Inkscape, Microsoft Publisher, and most other graphic design applications.
Accepted File Formats
Highly recommended for nearly all print jobs. PNG provides excellent image quality without the quality loss caused by compressed formats.
Accepted and recommended for documents where preserving fonts, layout, and formatting is important.
Accepted only when exported at the highest quality with little or no compression.
General Artwork RequirementsSee more info
- Create artwork at the final print size.
- Use 300 PPI resolution when possible.
- Use RGB / sRGB color space.
- Export using the highest quality available.
- Do not compress the file or reduce the file size.
- Keep text, logos, and graphics at least 0.25"-0.50" from the edge.
- For borderless printing, extend backgrounds completely to the edge.
- For PDF files, embed fonts or convert text to outlines whenever possible.
Standard Print Sizes at 300 PPISee more info
| Finished Size | Custom Design Size |
|---|---|
| Business Card, 3.5" × 2" | 1050 × 600 px |
| 4" × 6" | 1200 × 1800 px |
| 5" × 7" | 1500 × 2100 px |
| 8" × 10" | 2400 × 3000 px |
| Letter, 8.5" × 11" | 2550 × 3300 px |
| Legal, 8.5" × 14" | 2550 × 4200 px |
| 11" × 14" | 3300 × 4200 px |
| 11" × 17" | 3300 × 5100 px |
| 13" × 19" | 3900 × 5700 px |
Common Product SizesExpand here
- Standard Business Card: 3.5" × 2"
- Postcard: 4" × 6"
- Invitation: 5" × 7"
- Photo Print: 4" × 6", 5" × 7", or 8" × 10"
- Flyer: 8.5" × 11"
- Brochure, Tri-Fold: 8.5" × 11"
- Brochure, Bi-Fold: 11" × 17"
- Menu: 8.5" × 11" or 11" × 17"
- Poster: 11" × 17" or 13" × 19"
Best PracticesExpand here
- Design at the final print size whenever possible.
- Export at the highest quality available.
- If your software includes an export quality, resolution, or image size slider, choose the highest quality available.
- Use original artwork whenever possible.
- Double-check spelling, phone numbers, email addresses, website URLs, dates, pricing, and other important information before exporting.
- Save and send the original exported file whenever possible.
Please AvoidExpand here
- Screenshots
- Images downloaded from Facebook, Instagram, or other social media platforms
- Low-resolution images
- Compressed image files
- Images copied directly from websites whenever possible
These types of files often appear blurry, pixelated, or lower quality when printed.
Artwork ReviewExpand here
Every file received is reviewed before printing to help ensure the best possible print quality.
If we identify any issues that could affect the final product, such as low resolution, incorrect sizing, formatting problems, missing fonts, image quality concerns, or other print-related issues, we will notify you before printing.
If artwork requires modifications, cleanup, restoration, resizing, redesign, or other graphic design work, additional design service fees may apply. Any applicable fees will be discussed and approved before work begins.
Please Note
Submitting artwork that meets these guidelines helps us produce the highest quality printed products. While every file is reviewed for print quality, we are not responsible for errors contained within customer-supplied artwork, including spelling, grammar, phone numbers, email addresses, website URLs, dates, pricing, or other approved content.
By submitting artwork for printing, the customer acknowledges that they have reviewed and approved all content before production. Any reprints required due to errors in customer-supplied artwork will be treated as a new order and billed accordingly.