print-file-validation

# Validating artwork for print A rejection that says "file not suitable" produces another bad file. Say the number and the target. ## Check, in this order - **Resolution** at final size — report the effective DPI, not the pixel count. - **Colour mode** and profile. - **Bleed and safe area** — how many millimetres present against required. - **Fonts** — outlined or embedded. - **Transparency and overprint** where the press cannot hold them. - **Dimensions and orientation** against the ordered product. ## Report like this > Requires 300 dpi at 40 × 50 cm. Supplied file is 96 dpi at that size > (1512 × 1890 px). Send at least 4724 × 5906 px, or a vector file. Number found, number needed, and the fix. Every time. ## Judgement calls Anything between the reject threshold and the warning threshold is offered to the customer with the trade-off stated — "this will print, and fine detail will soften". ## Never Approve a file that fails a hard requirement because the customer is in a hurry, or silently rescale.