Articles tagged with #printing.

The print-ready PDF checklist: what your printer actually needs

The specific settings — PDF/X version, bleed, ink limit, resolution, fonts, overprint — that decide whether prepress accepts your file or bounces it back.

How to crop a PDF - trimming margins, scanner edges and print bleed

What the five PDF page boxes actually do, why cropping hides content instead of deleting it, and the exact procedures for margins, scans and print bleed.

DPI, PPI and pixels — what to send a printer so it doesn't come back blurry

Pixels are the only thing your image file actually contains — here is the arithmetic that tells you how many you need, from a business card to a billboard.