Print: Specifications & templates
We like to make things as simple as possible for you so if you are supplying us artwork to print please take the time to look at the Specifications below. Feel free to use one of the blank templates we have set up to help you at the bottom of the page.
PRINT SPECIFICATIONS:
We appreciate beautiful print so we’ve tried to make it as easy as possible for you to make your artwork print ready. We can print from a range of file types but we recommend you use the following in order to ensure the best possible print.
SMALL FORMAT SET-UP REQUIREMENTS
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Format: JPEG or PDF
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Colour: CMYK
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Bleed: 3mm
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Safe Zone: 3mm
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Resolution: 300dpi
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Fonts Outlined or Embedded
LARGE FORMAT SET-UP REQUIREMENTS
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Format: JPEG or PDF
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Colour: CMYK
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Bleed: 3mm
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Safe Zone: 3mm
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Resolution: 150dpi
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Fonts Outlined or Embedded
BLEED:
Please supply all artwork with 3mm of bleed.
When graphics continue to the edge of a sheet of paper bleed is required. This is because a commercial printing press cannot print to the edge of a sheet of paper. Instead multiple products are printed on much larger sheets of paper and then cut down to size. Because it is impossible to cut exactly to the edge of your design a little over print on each side is required. This overprint is called “bleed”. Any document that is being professionally printed will require a bleed area and a safe zone providing the print runs to the edge of the document.
COLOUR:
Please supply all artwork and images in CMYK.
Why Print files need to be CMYK The RGB colour spectrum is much larger than the CMYK spectrum. i.e. there are colours that can be created in RGB that are not available CMYK. This problem is most apparent with very bright colours such as a fluorescent orange or green.
RGB
CMYK
Commercial presses print onto white paper using CMYK colours, in order to get the best results files should be prepared with this in mind.
Please note when ordering that we automatically convert all colours to CMYK during the pre-press process, in certain cases this can cause noticeable colour variation.
Converting files to CMYK before submitting them to print will avoid any surprises with colour when the final product is produced.
RESOLUTION:
Please supply images at 300dpi at required size.
Please note this is not a technical explanation and hence is not fully accurate in technical terms, we are aware of this but have created this to simplify an otherwise very complex topic.
What is the Problem? Most pictures on a screen are made up from small dots of colour. Each picture is made up by a certain number of dots or pixels. Quite simply the higher the number of pixels the higher quality the picture and the larger it can be displayed or printed without distorting. If a picture is enlarged beyond a certain point it will begin to distort and appear blurry.
But my Picture/Logo looks fine on screen? A screen displays at 72dpi (dots per inch) where commercial presses print to 300dpi (Different type of dpi compared to consumer printers!). To see how a press would print your logo or picture, zoom in to 400%, or display the image four times as large as you would like it to appear when printed. This will give you an idea of how it would look when printed.
EXPLANATION:
DOCUMENT
AO
A1
A2
A3
A4
A5
A6
DL
SIZE
84 x 119.8cm
59.4 x 84cm
42 x 59.4cm
29.7 x 42cm
21 x 29.7cm
14.8 x 21cm
10.5 x 14.8cm
21 x 9.9cm
SIZE (with bleed)
84.6 x 120.4cm
60 x 84.6cm
42.6 x 60cm
30.3 x 42.6cm
21.6 x 30.3cm
15.4 x 21.6cm
15.4 x 11.1cm
21.6 x 10.5cm
Z FOLD
Blank templates are only available in desktop view
Below is a sizing guide for the most commonly found sizes of print products. What is bleed?
SIZE GUIDE:
Below is an illustration of the types of fold available for your leaflets.
LEAFLET
LAYOUTS:
HALF FOLD
C FOLD
Print: Blank templates
POSTERS:
AO
A1
A2
A3
LEAFLETS:
A4
C FOLD
A4
Z FOLD
A4
HALF FOLD
A5
C FOLD
A5
Z FOLD
A5
HALF FOLD
PROMOTIONAL FLYERS:
A4
21 x 29.7cm
A5
21 x 14.8cm
A6
14.8 x 10.5cm
DL
21 x 9.9cm
BUSINESS STATIONERY:
B/Cards
8.5 X 5.5cm
L/Heads
21 x 29.7cm
C/Slips
21 x 9.9cm
GREETING CARDS
A6
10.5 x 14.8cm
SQUARE
21 x 21cm
STICKERS:
CIRCLE
SQUARE
RECTANGLE
DISPLAY GRAPHICS
Roller Banner
800 x 2000cm
OTHER FORMATS:
We are able to supply these templates in other formats -Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop and InDesign. Please contact us and we'll send you a link to download them.
BLANK TEMPLATES:
If you are supplying work for us to print we have created some blank templates for you or your designer to use to help make sure they are supplied in the correct format. The templates show bleed, cut line and safe zone. Please supply all artwork in CMYK. What is this?
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