{"id":125,"date":"2026-10-14T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/printstores-printing\/index.php\/2026\/10\/14\/how-to-prepare-print-ready-artwork\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T17:00:00","slug":"how-to-prepare-print-ready-artwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/printstores-printing\/how-to-prepare-print-ready-artwork\/","title":{"rendered":"How to prepare print-ready artwork"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A print-ready file saves a day of back-and-forth. Before you upload, check four things: bleed, safe zone, resolution and colour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bleed is the part of the background that runs past the trim line. Add 1\/8 in (3 mm) on every side, so a tiny shift on the cutter never leaves a white edge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keep text and logos at least 1\/8 in inside the trim line. That is the safe zone, and the online designer shows it as a dashed line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photos should be 300 dpi at the printed size. A picture that looks sharp on screen can print soft if it was taken from a website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, set your file up in CMYK. If you design in the online designer, all of this is set for you: pick a template, type your text and order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bleed, safe zone, resolution and colour: four checks that keep your print job on schedule.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":124,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[36],"class_list":["post-125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-printing-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/printstores-printing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/printstores-printing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/printstores-printing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/printstores-printing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/printstores-printing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/printstores-printing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/printstores-printing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/printstores-printing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/printstores-printing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/printstores-printing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}