{"id":2977,"date":"2026-09-30T19:08:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T19:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-sticker-label-store\/?p=2977"},"modified":"2026-09-30T19:08:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T19:08:43","slug":"preparing-artwork-for-labels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-sticker-label-store\/preparing-artwork-for-labels\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing artwork for stickers and labels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The designer does most of this for you, but if you upload a file, five checks save a reprint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The checklist<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Size.<\/strong> Make the file the exact trim size, plus the bleed.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Bleed.<\/strong> Extend the background about 1.5 to 3 mm beyond the cut line.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Safe zone.<\/strong> Keep text and logos about 2 to 3 mm inside the cut line.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Resolution.<\/strong> 300 dpi at the printed size; a screenshot or a web image is rarely enough.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Colour.<\/strong> Screens are brighter than print; very bright blues and greens print slightly softer.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Small text.<\/strong> Keep text above 5 pt, and avoid thin light lines on a dark background.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">On a roll or a sheet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A roll or a sheet repeats your artwork on every label. Check the first label carefully: a mistake is printed hundreds of times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-sticker-label-store\/label-size-guide\/\">Open the label size guide<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bleed, safe zone, resolution and colour: a short checklist before you press &#8220;order&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sticker-guides"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-sticker-label-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-sticker-label-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-sticker-label-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-sticker-label-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-sticker-label-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-sticker-label-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-sticker-label-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-sticker-label-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-sticker-label-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-sticker-label-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}