Tips

We work with print-ready artwork everyday - we design graphic for our clients and we review print-ready artwork our clients send us for printing.

We come across the same problems day after day and decided to make a list of most common problems. Something that can be easily avoided if you knew about it before you started to work on your print project, or at least before you sent your artwork to printshop.

Not all professional designers work with print graphics. Some design for web only, or always had somebody else to place graphics into printing template and send it to printshop.

Some things are obvious when you think about it, but you have to think about it!

Let us know if you want us to add anything to the list.

• What to consider designing for print (entire article):
• 1. File Resolution
• 2. CMYK color model
• 3. Cutting tolerance
• 4. What paper is your artwork going to be printed on?
• 5. Contrast, small (or rather very small) design elements, color saturation
• 6. Do you want people to be able to read it?
• 7. Print template and bleed

• How to Design your Business Card (entire article):
• 1. How to select a graphic designer
• 2. Design Tools and file formats
• 3. Design Business card yourself
• 4. What to consider in business card design
• 4.1 Size and shape
• 4.2 Fonts
• 4.3 Colors
• 4.4 Images
• 5. Find a friendly designer to answer your questions