Print-Ready Artwork

Anything: Adobe Illustrator (AI), Photoshop (PSD), InDesign (INDD), PDF, Figma, Canva exports, JPG, PNG, even a screenshot. The lower the source quality, the more rebuilding needed, but we'll always tell you upfront if a file isn't going to work before we start.

Screens use RGB (red/green/blue light). Printers use CMYK (cyan/magenta/yellow/black ink). Some bright RGB colours (like neon pink or pure cyan) can't be physically printed in CMYK and come out duller. We convert intelligently and adjust so what you see is what you get.

When a printer cuts your job, the cut isn't perfectly accurate: it can drift by 1-2mm. If your design runs to the edge with no bleed, the cut can leave a thin white strip. Adding 3mm of bleed (extra image beyond the trim line) means the cut always falls in printed area.

Within 48 hours of receiving your file. If you have a print deadline, tell us when you order and we will tell you honestly whether we can meet it.

We'll flag it before starting. Common bigger fixes (rebuilding low-res images, redrawing rasterised logos, recreating layouts) are quoted in writing before any work starts. Most files only need £49 of standard pre-flight work.

Pretty much, but there's always slight variation between screens, ink sets and paper stocks. We supply a CMYK proof PDF that shows what to expect on press. For absolute critical colour matching (Pantone), we can specify exact spot colours.

We don't print directly. We provide the print-ready files. We can recommend trusted UK printers we work with regularly and brief them on your behalf. Or you can send the file to any printer you prefer with full confidence it'll work.

Send us the printer's reason. If the file fails for anything we prepared (colour mode, bleed, trim, fonts or resolution), we fix it free of charge.

Yes. If the design is already laid out the way you want it, we prepare it for print at £49: CMYK, bleed, trim and resolution checked. AI tools usually export a flat image, so any text in it is part of the picture and cannot be edited.

In an AI-made design the words are pixels, not type. Making them editable means retyping the text and rebuilding the layout, which is a design job rather than a £49 preparation: Flyer Design at £89 or Menu Design at £79 per side.

The logo needs redrawing as vector so it prints sharply. That is Recreate & Vectorise: £79 for one layout, £39 per additional layout. Order it alongside this service and we use the new vector in your artwork.