Avoid costly print mistakes before your files ever reach the press.
Preparing artwork for commercial printing involves much more than exporting a PDF. Small oversights—such as incorrect color settings, missing bleed, low-resolution images, or unembedded fonts—can lead to production delays, unexpected costs, and unnecessary reprints.
This practical two-page checklist helps marketing teams, designers, and print buyers verify every critical detail before sending a project to print.
What’s Inside
Everything You Need to Verify Before Printing Inside this free guide, you’ll find a step-by-step checklist covering the most important prepress requirements, including:
- Document setup (trim size, bleed, and safe margins)
- Image resolution and graphic quality
- CMYK color preparation and color management
- Typography and font handling
- PDF export best practices
- File organization and packaging
- Finishing specifications
- Variable data preparation
- Final proof approval
- The five most common prepress mistakes—and how to avoid them
A few minutes of preparation can prevent days of production delays.
This checklist was created to help your team reduce errors, improve communication with print providers, and ensure every project is ready for production before it reaches the press.
Download it, keep it on your desktop, or print a copy for your team to use as a standard preflight reference.
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