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Support Center » File Preparation & Transmission » Design Requirements
We are committed to the quick, convenient, trouble-free processing of your order. To avoid many of the common errors associated with file preparation for printing, we’ve creating the following File Preparation for Print FAQ’s for our clients:
- What are BLEEDS and why do I need them?
- What are the requirements for printing BORDERS?
- What is the required RESOLUTION for printing?
- How do I achieve rich, SOLID BLACK COLOR in my printed documents?
BORDERS
Maintaining proper border thickness in your design is imperative to maintaining the border’s symmetrical appearance.
Our print machines are very accurate, however, trimming a perfectly straight line is next to impossible. Our printers have a mechanical tolerance of about .0625” or 1/16 of an inch. Therefore, if your design uses at least 0.25” or 1/4 of an inch of white space from your border to the trim line, it will maintain a symmetrical appearance despite any minor deviations.
Overall, any text or essential parts of your artwork should not come within 1/16" of the trim line as the mechanical tolerance limits of our machines cannot guarantee that these areas will not be cut off.
If you will be using a solid border that bleeds to the edge of the card, please comply with our bleed instructions. Solid borders should be at least 0.25” or ¼ of an inch think to maintain their symmetrical appearance.
