Printing Guide.
AN EASY 1-2-3 Artwork Upload Guide

The print artwork you upload to us must be supplied as a PDF file*.
It's part of the reason we can keep the costs so amazingly low.

By following our simple 3 step Upload Guide,
you can be sure of an easy, quick and successful process to ordering your print.

STEP 1) CREATE YOUR DESIGN...

Your printed job will be full colour (CMYK), so you can use any colours or images (as long as they're not copyrighted to someone else) you wish in your design. Each of our products are suitable for single or double sided pages, so each artwork page can be designed as a single separate page (even for 2 sided items - just create 2 separate pages, 1 for each side) which makes things very simple.

These are the important sizes you need to know for each page size:

BUSINESS CARDS - 85mm x 54mm
(OR 91mm x 60mm including bleed. See below)
Landscape (Wide) or Portrait (Tall). It's a standard credit Card size, so it always fits easily in any wallet or card holder.

BLEED: If you want your design to go right off the edge of the printed job, you need to let it overlap the finished size by 3mm on each edge. This is called "bleed" and allows the printers to cut the finished print (of any size, not just cards) to the right size without showing any tiny white edges where there shouldn't be. See the diagram below for Business Card size but which also applies to all other sizes.

FLYERS / LEAFLETS, POSTCARD FLYERS, A6 - 148mm x 105mm
(OR 154mm x 111mm including bleed. See explanatory image above)
Landscape (Wide) or Portrait (Tall).

FLYERS / LEAFLETS, POSTCARD FLYERS, A5 - 210mm x 148mm
(OR 216mm x 154mm including bleed. See explanatory image above)
Landscape (Wide) or Portrait (Tall).

FLYERS / LEAFLETS, LETTERHEADS, A4 - 297mm x 210mm
(OR 303mm x 216mm including bleed. See explanatory image above)
Landscape (Wide) or Portrait (Tall).

COMPLIMENT SLIPS, DL (1/3 A4) - 99mm x 210mm
(OR 105mm x 216mm including bleed. See explanatory image above)
Landscape (Wide) or Portrait (Tall).

STEP 2) CONVERT YOUR DESIGN INTO A PDF FILE...

Once you are happy with your design, you need to convert it to a PDF file ready for upload.

PDF (Portable Document Format) is a universal format which can be read, printed and edited by anyone with a PC (or Mac). You can convert to PDF from within a lot of the applications you may be using to create your print design via 'export' and/or 'save as' commands. Also, if your PC has PDF capabilities already, you will find them when you select 'Print' - the print dialogue box may show a 'Save As PDF' or 'Save As' option somewhere within the print selection box.

If your application does NOT support PDF export, no problem! There are many simple to use, free software packages available to download, along with others for a very low cost and even some online PDF creation websites.

Here are a few we've found you that may work well for you**. We haven't put links to the software as they may go out of date, so just Google the software names below or do your own search to find the option that suits you the best.

STEP 3) UPLOAD YOUR FINISHED PDF FILE(S)...

Once you have checked out with your order through our secure shopping cart, you will have a link to a receipt page with a link to upload your artwork files or you can link to the upload page from the confirmation e-mail we will automatically send you. You can upload multiple files one at a time when necessary and will automatically receive a confirmation e-mail of your upload.

And that's it! Your printed job will be delivered to your
given address within 10 working days or faster!

If you really can't face designing your job or simply creating your own artwork file, send us your details via our contact page and we will give you a competitive quote for what you need doing.