Pre-Press information for your Printing.

To ensure your print is completed quickly and accurately, please take a moment to read our pre-press information. Below we’ll give you information regarding our standard business card sizes, our bleed requirements and colour format. Thanks again for choosing Ecoprint!

If you’re proficient at pre-press you can skip this process and email your job to us directly.

Card sizing

Here is our standard business card size.

90x55mm

If you have a card that is not this size, extra fees may be incurred. It won’t be much extra, but we’ll let you know what the trim fee would be when you submit your job.

Here is our A6 greeting card size.

Finished size 105×148.5mm
Flat size 210×148.5mm

If you have a card that is not this size, extra fees may be incurred. It won’t be much extra, but we’ll let you know what the trim fee would be when you submit your job.

Here is our A4 size.

Finished size 210x297mm

Other sizes for Print

Custom Size

We’re more than happy to quote and work with you for custom size print jobs. Simply email us today and we’ll get back to you ASAP.

Adding bleed and trim marks

All printing with Ecoprint need to include 3mm of bleed, colour in CMYK and trim marks in your document. Bleed ensures any colour that runs to the edge of your card runs ‘right to the edge’ without a white margin. Here is a graphic showing how a print ready business card should look.

We literally cannot print your card, unless it contains bleed and trim marks. If you need help building your files, we can help! Our pre-press fees start from $35.

Prepress Ecoprint

Software Clues

From our experience, certain design software tends to perform better than others. While we have no beef with any software provider, outcomes are important in print, so its best to use the proper tools to create brilliant print.

On the AWESOME list (for great control in CMYK, Bleed and trim)
– Adobe INDESIGN, Illustrator and Professional.

On the Average list is  (for not great control in bleed and trim)
– Adobe Photoshop

On the Below Average list is (for poor control in CMYK, bleed and trim)
– CANVA

Invoicing for Production

Once you’ve submitted your print ready files, we’ll issue a production invoice to you. Once this is paid, we can begin your printing. Importantly, if you are paying via credit card, we can begin your print immediately. If you are paying via direct deposit, please send a remittance of your payment so we can also begin immediately (otherwise we’ll have to wait til the funds hit our bank account).