Paper weights, inks, die-cuts, foil stamping — every step from design file to production run, straight from the Printing Banana press floor.
Wrong colour mode, low-resolution photos, missing bleed — the usual reasons a print job comes out wrong. Run through this quick pre-flight checklist to get your artwork right before you export, plus Printing Banana's free file check.
Read the issueNever heard of RGB and CMYK? If you print, you hit the conversion constantly. Here's the difference between screen colour and print colour, why your monitor can't be trusted for final output, and when to reach for Pantone spot colours.
Ever wonder why the black text on your cards prints fuzzy? Usually the culprit is rich black — black built from all four CMYK inks. Here's what it is, why it blurs small text, and when to use single 100K black instead.
Even the smallest type will print today — but only if your artwork is right. Here's how to set card fonts as vector art, keep small text on a single CMYK channel (K=100), and hit the minimum sizes for foil stamping and crystal UV.
Hot foil stamping looks simple, but the prep is where most jobs go wrong. Here's how foil stamping actually works, the colours and finishes available, where it's used, and how to set up artwork that presses cleanly every time.
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