Artwork Checklist:

Artwork Checklist: 

Preparing press-ready artwork for commercial printing can be confusing, especially if this is your first time. Please use this checklist as a guide before uploading your artwork, as it may help you save valuable time and avoid any unnecessary printing delays.

Before submitting your artwork, please check that:

1. Your artwork is the correct size and is imposed 1-up, not as spreads.

For folded jobs artwork should be supplied at the flat size (for example an A3 folded to A4 should be supplied as 2x A3 pages and not as 4x A4 pages). Please click here for further information and explanations on how to correctly supply artwork for folded jobs.

2. Your artwork contains correctly set internal and external bleed.

3. Your artwork is set using CMYK colours.

4. All rich blacks are set to C = 40%, M = 0%, Y = 0%, K = 100%.

5. All fine black text is set to C=0%, M=0%, Y=0%, K=100% and is set to overprint.

6. All fonts are outlined (converted to curves) or embedded.

7. All links are embedded.

8. Total ink coverage in your artwork does not exceed 300%.

9. All lines in your artwork are at least 0.3pt wide (all text at least 6pt).

10. All borders in your artwork are at least 5mm wide.

11. All images in your artwork are 300dpi when placed at 100%.

12. Your artwork is the correct size and contains trim marks

Please click here to download our Artwork Checklist.

For more information on preparing artwork please refer to our FAQ Page.