Print Ready Design Checklist

Once you’ve finishing creating and designing your artwork, you’ll need to get it ready to send to your printer. Here’s a quick and simple checklist for designers to confirm that their document is ready for printing.

• Your document is set up with bleeds (usually a minimum of 0.125″ on each side).
• Your design was created at the final print size of the project.
• The resolution of your artwork is at least 300 dpi.
• Your document is in the CMYK color profile and images in the document have been converted to CMYK.
• All essential content is within the safe zone or margins (usually a minimum of 0.25″ on each side).
• All images or graphics have been embedded into the document.
• All text/font items have been converted to outlines.

If you’ve confirmed that your document is ready to print, you will need to package your document or save or export your document as a PDF file. Specific directions can be found on our page about Exporting, Packaging, and Saving Your Design Files for Print.