Artwork Templates
Artwork Templates
Everything we print runs through the Riso as an A3 sheet, so all of our templates are A3 size. Download the full set as one zip, or just the size you need using the individual buttons below.
How to use them
Open the template for the size you're ordering, place your artwork on it, and export one greyscale PDF per ink colour at 300 DPI. Do not add crop marks or printer marks when you export.
Regular or Reduced?
Regular sizes have a 5mm blank border and are not trimmed at the edges. Reduced sizes are trimmed after printing to give you full bleed, so run your artwork right to the edge of the marked area and keep anything important at least 5mm away from the trimmed edge. We allow 3.5mm bleed for these templates.
Formats
Each template comes as an Illustrator file and a Photoshop file, with a PDF guide explaining how to use. Keep your artwork layers RGB or greyscale, as CMYK dulls blacks. 100% black prints solid, greys print as lighter tints, and white doesn't print at all.
Stuck? Tick ‘artwork help’ on the order form and we'll do the prep for you!
Regular templates (5mm borders)
A3 Regular, 420 x 297mm (1 per A3)
A4 Regular, 297 × 210mm (2 per A3)
A5 Regular, 210 × 148.5mm (4 per A3)
A6 Regular, 148.5 × 105mm (8 per A3)
Square, 297 × 297mm (1 per A3)
A6 Greeting Cards, 210 × 148.5mm - creased to 148.5 × 105mm (4 per A3)
Reduced templates (full bleed, trimmed)
A3 Reduced, 403 x 280mm (1 per A3)
A4 Reduced, 280 x 193mm (2 per A3)
A5 Reduced, 193 x 131mm (4 per A3)

