Print Ready File Format
Our preferred format for accepting artwork is a high-resolution PDF.
Bleed
All artwork MUST include 3mm bleed past its final trim size on all four sides of the artwork.
A bleed is an area of your image that is outside the final cut of your printed piece. It is used to extend an image, color or line beyond the artwork edge, which enables us to cut the finished product without leaving a white line. For example, if you want your background to be entirely blue, you must bleed the blue color an 3mm past the edge of the final size of your background. This prevents a white line down one or more edges of your print, caused by very slight variations in die-cutting and trimming which can be ±1mm.
Colors
Files must be set up as CMYK for colors to print accurately. Files that are sent to us using RGB, Pantone, or spot colors will be automatically converted to CMYK which may cause some changes to your colors.
Fonts
Please embed or convert to vectors all fonts used in your document before sending your final artwork.If we don’t have the font you have used, it may be automatically substituted for an alternative font in case you didn’t embed it.
Font Size
For acceptable legibility, the text should be no smaller than 6 points.
Please check all links are embedded or, if using InDesign, Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P will create a package with your links and fonts. However, we would prefer if you would send us an exported PDF (Ctrl+E).
