Banner, poster and flyer designer for print

• Fixed size, e.g. a 200 × 100 cm banner.
• Size typed by the customer: width and height fields on the product page. The file has the customer’s size, and the size goes into the order comment.
• Size from an option: the customer picks a size from a list. The designer reads it from the option name, such as “35x50 cm”, “420×594 mm”, “A3”, “B2”, “DL”, “3xDL” or “A4 landscape”.

An option can include folding, pages and cut lines, such as a flyer folded in half with a fold line, or a die cut. These lines go into a separate _cut.pdf file. A set in several sizes, e.g. magnets “60x30 + 60x20 mm”, gets a separate page for each size.

• Bleed in the file: net plus bleed (a larger file with the trim marked in the PDF) or exactly net (bleed only as a margin in the designer).
• PDF content: vectors, with text sharp at any scale, or a bitmap flattened into one image.
• Text: editable with an embedded font, or curves when your print software lacks the font. Gradient lettering, such as gold, is always a 300 DPI image, because CorelDRAW and RIP software broke gradients in text.
• Bitmap resolution: 150 DPI is enough for banners, 300 DPI for posters. A file is at most 12,000 px on the long side.

In the template you set a minimum photo DPI. Below it the customer gets a warning and must accept the quality, or, with the save block on, cannot save the design.

The safety margin is a green line inside the trim. It shows where to keep text and logos, away from eyelets and folds. You can add a short note to the legend in the designer’s corner, such as “Eyelets will be in the corners of the banner”.

If something is wrong, you ask for a correction in the panel and pick a reason, such as missing bleed or a typo. The customer gets an email with a link to their design, and the corrected file replaces the old one under the same link in the order.