Artwork &
Print Services
Do you already have your artwork, or do you require our assistance in creating it? Wee Print Big Company prints rigid boards of every kind, Foamex, Correx, Dibond, acrylic and eco boards, for retail, events, construction and signage.
- Every file checked by our prepress team before printing begins
- We accept PDF, EPS, JPEG and TIFF across all board materials
- No artwork ready? Our in-house designers will build it from your brief
- Reliable UK delivery on every rigid board order
Need Help Preparing Your Artwork?
Artwork prep service
- Upload form
- WeTransfer for 10MB+
Supplying Your Print-Ready Artwork
The quickest way to a perfect print. Follow these do’s and don’ts to help your artwork pass smoothly through our prepress checks.
Do this
- Supply a press-ready PDF (or EPS) built at the exact finished size, JPEG and TIFF are also accepted.
- Set the document to CMYK at 300dpi, full size, use a rich black (C20 M20 Y20 K100) for large solid-black areas.
- Add 3mm bleed on every edge and include crop marks.
- Keep text and logos inside the 5mm safe zone, away from the trim edge.
- Outline all fonts and embed every image before exporting.
- Name your file clearly, e.g. company-dibond-A1.pdf.
- Proofread at 100% zoom before sending, check spelling, layout, and image sharpness.
Avoid this
- Sending low-res images, screenshots, or photos pulled from a website.
- Supplying RGB or Pantone files, colours will shift on press.
- Upscaling a small image to fit, it will print soft and blurry at board size.
- Leaving live text un-outlined or images only linked, not embedded.
- Sending Word, PowerPoint or Publisher files as final artwork.
- Assuming an on-screen design is print-ready without a proper proof check.
No Artwork? We'll Design It for You.
Our in-house design team creates print-ready artwork for every board material we offer, from Foamex and Correx to Dibond, acrylic, shell scheme panels, and eco boards. All we need is your brief, your logo, and your brand colours.
- Bespoke design tailored to your board product and application
- Artwork produced to print specification for UV flatbed production
- Suitable for all materials: Foamex, Dibond, Correx, acrylic and eco boards
- Design feedback welcomed at every stage of the process
- Turnaround times discussed and agreed at the point of order
Share Your Brief
Tell us your board type, size, quantities, and what you want to communicate to your audience.
Share Your Brief
Tell us your board type, size, quantities, and what you want to communicate to your audience.
Share Your Brief
Tell us your board type, size, quantities, and what you want to communicate to your audience.
Share Your Brief
Tell us your board type, size, quantities, and what you want to communicate to your audience.
Getting Your Artwork Ready for Print
Designed it yourself? Here’s how to get a clean, print-ready PDF out of the most common tools.
Designing in Canva? Follow these steps
Set the exact size
Create a design → Custom size, then enter your finished width and height in mm (or cm).
Turn on print bleed
File → Settings → Show print bleed to switch on the bleed guides.
Your bleed & trim guides
A dotted outer bleed line and inner trim line now appear around the page.
Add your own high-resolution images
Use the Uploads panel to add 300dpi images, free elements and stock can print soft.
Extend your background to the bleed
Push backgrounds and images out to the bleed edge (3mm). Keep text and logos inside the trim.
Open Share → Download
Click Share, then choose Download to open the export options.
Export as a PDF Print
File type: PDF Print, tick Crop marks and bleed, and set Colour profile: CMYK (Canva Pro).
Check the exported PDF
Open the PDF (not the Canva preview) and zoom to 200%, check crop marks, bleed and sharpness.
Canva’s limits for board print: Canva cannot produce spot colours, cutter/contour guides for shaped boards, or custom cut paths, and free accounts export RGB only. For shaped boards, acrylic cut-to-size, or the sharpest possible result, use Illustrator or InDesign, or send us the file and we’ll finish it.
Other Design Software
Illustrator
Embed all images at high resolution and convert fonts to outlines, or supply the font files alongside your artwork so nothing is missing at our end.
Photoshop
Flatten your design and save as a high-quality TIFF or JPEG. If you send a layered PSD, outline all fonts or include the original font files.
InDesign
Package your file (File → Package) so the INDD comes with its linked images and fonts folders, then send us the whole folder as a ZIP.