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Before you upload — what makes a print-ready file
Preparing the file yourself avoids any unnecessary fees or delays. Not sure about something? Open the walkthroughs below, or just ask us — we are happy to help.
🤖 Using AI to prepare the document? Great — that works well.
Just tell it you require these exact parameters and it will do it for you. Copy the list below straight into your prompt.
One thing AI tools often skip: ask it to set the PDF TrimBox to the finished size (or export with crop marks). Name that specifically — it is the difference between our check reading your file correctly first time and us coming back to you.
Priority #1 — your document size IS the final printed (trim) size. A 4 × 6 card is built on a 4 × 6 page, not on letter paper. Exact steps per app ▾
1/8" bleed (0.125") if any color or image runs to the edge. Not everything needs one. Magnets, signs (foam board and similar), blueprints and banners do not require a bleed — nor do large posters (24 × 36"). Small posters (12 × 17") do.
Set the TrimBox to the finished size when your file carries a bleed — or export with crop marks. A bleed file is bigger than the finished piece, so without a TrimBox we cannot tell a 3.75 × 2.25" card-with-bleed from a card built at the wrong size.
Keep text 1/4" (0.25") in from the cut — on business cards 1/8"–3/16" is fine
300 dpi or better on photos and scans
CMYK color, not RGB
A PDF — not a PNG. Ideally PDF/X-4:2010 from Adobe, or “Best for Print” from Canva
Single-sheet spreads, one page per side — crop marks welcome
Priority #1 — how to set your document to the final print size (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Affinity, Canva)
Set this before you design. Everything else — bleed, margins, resolution — hangs off having the page the right size to begin with. These steps cover the size only; adding bleed and keeping text in from the cut are in the walkthroughs below.
PhotoshopFile > New. Units: Inches. Width/Height = final size (e.g. 4 × 6). Resolution 300 ppi. Color Mode CMYK. Create.
IllustratorFile > New → Print tab. Units: Inches. Width/Height = final size. Color Mode CMYK. Create. — the artboard is your final size
InDesignFile > New > Document → Print tab. Units: Inches. Width/Height = final size. Create. — uncheck Facing Pages for single pieces
Affinity (Publisher / Designer / Photo)File > New. Pick a Print preset, or type Width/Height = final size in inches. DPI 300. Color format CMYK. Create.
CanvaCreate a design > Custom size. Switch the unit dropdown from px to in. Enter Width/Height = final size. Create new design. — free Canva cannot resize a design later — that is a Pro feature — so get this right before you start
Not sure what your final size should be? Tell us the finished piece you want — we will confirm the exact dimensions before you build anything.
Does your job need a bleed? Not sure what a bleed is? Watch a short walkthrough
A bleed is a little extra artwork past the finished edge — about 1/8" — so that when we cut the stack there is no thin white sliver along the side. You only need it when color or a photo is meant to run right off the edge; if your design sits on white with a margin, no bleed is needed. Magnets, signs (foam board and similar), blueprints and banners never need one — those are cut to size or hemmed, not trimmed out of a stack. The text margin is the opposite idea: keep type in from the cut so nothing important gets trimmed off.
Questions on any of this? Email orders@snappyprint.shop — a real person here will walk you through it.
Cards where every one is a different design — how to order the pages
If each card in the run carries its own artwork, send one PDF with the pages in this order:
Page 1 — front of card 1
Page 2 — back of card 1
Page 3 — front of card 2
Page 4 — back of card 2
…and so on, front then back, all the way through.
Printing single-sided? Then one page per card, in the order you want them.
Why we ask: that order is what tells the press which back belongs to which front. Sent another way — all the fronts and then all the backs, or separate files per card — we have to rebuild the file by hand before it can run, and that carries a setup charge. Send it in this order and there is nothing extra to pay.
Not sure how many pages you should end up with? It is two per card for double-sided work — 25 unique cards means a 50-page PDF. Ask us if the count does not come out even.
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PDF preferred · up to 100 MB. We also accept JPG, PNG, TIF and native files (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Canva exports, Word, Publisher, ZIP) — those just take us a little longer to prepare. Bigger than 100 MB? Send it free via wetransfer.com to orders@snappyprint.shop.
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