AI artwork printing
Designed your flyer in ChatGPT? Made a poster in Canva or Midjourney? We'll print it. Every file is checked by a member of our team before it goes to print, so blurry images, cut-off edges and AI spelling mistakes get spotted before they end up on paper.
Not sure it's ready? Order anyway and choose “Upload later”. We'll help you get it right.
More and more of the files we receive were made with AI tools, and that's fine by us. AI is a quick, affordable way to get a design together, especially if you don't have a designer.
The catch is that most AI tools are built for screens, not paper. A design that looks perfect on your phone can print blurry, get trimmed at the edges, or carry a spelling mistake nobody noticed. That's why we check every file by hand, for free, before anything is printed.
You don't need to know what “bleed” or “CMYK” means. That's our job.
These are the issues we see most often in AI-made files. Our team checks for every one of them.
Many AI tools create images around 1,000 to 1,500 pixels wide. That looks sharp on a screen, but at print quality (300 dpi) a 1,024-pixel image only covers about 8.7 cm. Stretch it to fill an A5 flyer and it turns soft and fuzzy.
What we do: we check the effective resolution at your chosen size and tell you before printing if it will look blurry.
Check your image's print sizeAI tools usually offer a few fixed shapes: square, portrait or landscape. A-sizes (A6, A5, A4 and so on) are a different shape, about 1 : 1.41. A square image on an A5 flyer has to be cropped or will leave white space.
What we do: we flag shape mismatches and tell you what will be cropped.
Print is trimmed after printing, so backgrounds need to run 3 mm past the edge (“bleed”). AI designs usually stop exactly at the edge, and text often sits right up against it.
What we do: we check for bleed and for text too close to the trim.
Read about bleed and safe areasAI image tools still get text wrong: swapped letters, invented words, phone numbers with a digit missing, prices that don't match. It's the most common problem we see, and the easiest to miss on a phone screen.
What we do: a real person reads your design and points out anything that looks wrong. Please still check every word, number and date yourself on the proof.
Screens show colour in RGB; printers use CMYK inks. Very bright neon greens, electric blues and vivid oranges can come out duller on paper.
What we do: we convert your file and warn you if a colour is likely to shift noticeably.
When text is part of the AI image itself, it can't be edited, and small text can look fuzzy once printed.
What we do: we flag small or soft text. For the sharpest result, add your text in Canva or another editor on top of the AI image.
How to turn an AI design into a print-ready PDFAt normal reading distance, flyers, cards and booklets need about 300 pixels per inch (dpi) to look sharp. Posters seen from further away can get away with about 150 dpi. Here's how many pixels you need, including 3 mm bleed:
| Product | Finished size | Pixels for sharp print (300 dpi) | Minimum for posters (150 dpi) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business card | 85 × 55 mm | 1,075 × 720 | — |
| A6 flyer | 105 × 148 mm | 1,311 × 1,819 | — |
| DL flyer | 99 × 210 mm | 1,240 × 2,551 | — |
| A5 flyer | 148 × 210 mm | 1,819 × 2,551 | — |
| A4 flyer or poster | 210 × 297 mm | 2,551 × 3,579 | 1,276 × 1,789 |
| A3 poster | 297 × 420 mm | 3,579 × 5,031 | 1,789 × 2,516 |
| A2 poster | 420 × 594 mm | 5,031 × 7,087 | 2,516 × 3,543 |
| A1 poster | 594 × 841 mm | 7,087 × 10,004 | 3,543 × 5,002 |
| Image width | Sharp at 300 dpi up to | Acceptable at 150 dpi up to |
|---|---|---|
| 1,024 px | about 8.7 cm | about 17 cm |
| 1,536 px | about 13 cm | about 26 cm |
| 2,048 px | about 17 cm | about 35 cm |
| 4,096 px | about 35 cm | about 69 cm |
Don't want to do the maths? Use our free print size checker. Drop your image in and it tells you which products it will print well on.
Open the print size checkerChoose your product.Pick the size, paper and quantity. Prices are shown up front.
Upload your file, or upload later.We accept PDF, JPG, PNG, AI and PSD files up to 100 MB. Not ready yet? Choose “Upload later” and we'll email you a secure link.
We check it by hand.A member of our team reviews your file for resolution, shape, bleed, text near the edges, colour and obvious typos. If something will print badly, we tell you and explain your options.
You approve the proof.We email you a proof to review. Nothing goes to print until you approve it. Spotted something? Reject it with a comment and upload a new file.
We print and deliver for free.Free tracked delivery to the UK mainland. Express options on selected products.
The easiest way to avoid problems is to design at the right size from the start.
Our check isn't a full design or proofreading service. We'll point out problems and explain how to fix them, but we can't redesign your artwork or guarantee we've caught every typo. You approve the final proof, so please read every word, date and phone number carefully.
You're responsible for having the right to print everything in your design, whether a person or an AI made it. Avoid AI images that copy well-known logos, brands, cartoon characters or celebrities, and check your AI tool's terms for commercial use. See our terms and conditions for details.
Yes. We print artwork made with any tool, including AI image generators. Every file gets the same free check by a real person before printing.
It depends on the image's pixel size and the product size. As a rule of thumb, a 1,024-pixel-wide image prints sharply at about 8.7 cm wide. That's fine for a business card, but too small for a sharp A5 flyer. Use our free print size checker to see what yours will print well on.
We'll contact you before anything is printed, explain how it will look, and suggest options. You can upscale and re-upload, choose a smaller product, or go ahead if you're happy with a softer result.
We'll point out mistakes we spot, but if the text is part of the image itself we can't edit it. The quickest fix is to remove the text in your AI tool or editor and type it back in on top. Our guide to turning an AI design into a print-ready PDF shows how.
No. We convert files for print as part of our check. Very bright screen colours, especially neon greens and blues, may print slightly duller, and we'll warn you if a big shift is likely.
A print-ready PDF gives the best result, but we accept PDF, JPG, PNG, AI and PSD files up to 100 MB. If you only have the PNG or JPG your AI tool produced, upload that and we'll check it.
Yes, but it will need to be cropped or have space added, because A5 is taller than it is wide. Place it on our free A5 template to see exactly how it will sit, or ask your AI tool for a portrait image instead.
Make the image slightly bigger than the finished size, 3 mm extra on every side, so the background runs past the trim. Our templates have the bleed marked. In Canva, download as “PDF Print” and tick “Crop marks and bleed”.
Generally yes, but you're responsible for having the rights to everything in your design. Avoid images that copy real brands, logos, characters or people, and check your AI tool's terms for commercial use.
Express printing is available on selected products and typically dispatches within 1–2 working days of proof approval. Standard turnaround is longer and cheaper. Delivery to the UK mainland is free. See delivery and turnaround.
Upload your file and a real person will check it, for free, before anything is printed.
