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Practical knowledge before you order
A guide to ordering print
A list of details that helps you request quotes against the same specification: quantity, sizes, paper, finishes, files and delivery.
A guide to ordering print
What to ask about weight, finish, folding and use before choosing paper for a flyer or a placemat.
A guide to ordering print
A workflow for designs that are ordered again: names, versions, approval, choosing the file for ordering and updating without harming the history.
File preparation guide
Six quick checks before sending a file to a print shop: size, bleed, margins, images, color and fonts.
File preparation guide
Why a background should run 3 mm past the page, and why text should stay 3 mm away from the edge.
File preparation guide
300 dpi for anything held in the hand, less for a sign seen from afar — and how to tell whether an image will print sharp.
File preparation guide
Why color on screen does not look the same on paper, what ink coverage is, and how to keep black text crisp.
File preparation guide
The right export settings for a print file from the four most common programs — with bleed and fonts inside the file.
File preparation guide
Add a 3 mm bleed in Canva, Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop, and what to do with a PDF that has none.
File preparation guide
What to set before designing and when downloading in Canva: size, print bleed, "PDF Print" and crop marks.
File preparation guide
Why a saddle-stitched booklet needs a multiple of 4 pages, how covers count, and what to do with 10 or 14 pages.
In this video (75 seconds, no sound) a sample file goes through the Drapress check, from upload to sending it to the print shop.
The file looked fine on screen. At the press, the bleed falls short. And a photo that may print blurry. Upload your PDF. Your original is kept. Live view of every check: size, bleed, fonts, colors, images. Bleed missing on page 3: a thin white strip may show after trim. Step by step: the photo on page 5? Replace it, or accept it as it is. Screen colors (RGB): the shop converts them for print; shades may shift. Missing bleed? A few clicks build it from the page's own edge. It fixes only what is safe to fix. Before and after: the background now runs past the cut line. A warning left? You decide, then send it to the print shop.
Guide for print shops
Send proofs your customers can actually read — as the product they ordered, with the file check beside it — and get an approval that is locked to the exact file.
Guide for print shops
Get artwork approvals that name the exact file, the person and the time — and that stop being valid the moment the file changes.
Guide for print shops
Give customers one place to upload print files, arrange pages and approve the proof — instead of email attachments and download links.
Guide for print shops
Keep every version of a customer’s artwork, know which one is selected for orders, and never print a newer file by accident.
Guide for print shops
Let customers see their orders, reorder from saved designs and approve proofs — under your shop’s own name and address.
Guide for print shops
From the uploaded file to the job package for prepress: the steps of a proof approval workflow, and what each one records.
Guide to digital editions
Publish each magazine issue online from the same PDF you print: a link in the magazine’s name, page turns, clickable ads and a report for advertisers.
Guide to digital editions
Turn a printed catalog into an online edition where each product links to its product page or online store.
Guide to digital editions
How a PDF becomes a page-turning edition whose links and ads can be tapped — what is found automatically, what you approve and what you add by hand.