What is a Professional File Check?

For a small fee, an expert member of our technical team will manually review your artwork before it goes to print so you can press 'go' with complete confidence. If you've ordered multiple products, you can choose to add a Professional File Check to individual jobs or your entire order. We'll check your file for common print setup issues and, where possible, fix them before production. If we find anything that needs your attention, we'll contact you and place your order on hold until you've updated and re-uploaded your artwork. We'll check things like: Image resolution for print quality Bleed and safe areas Page count and page order on folded products Corrupt, blank or password-protected files Templates left on artwork Folds, cut lines, drill holes and binding areas (where applicable) Foil alignment and minimum line widths (where applicable) Personalisation files and version quantities (where applicable) A Professional File Check doesn't include: Spelling, grammar or proofreading Design, layout or text sizing advice Colour accuracy or colour mode checks (RGB/CMYK) QR code testing Calendar date checks Post-print quality inspection beyond our standard production processes See a full list of what's included here . Adding a Professional File Check won't delay your estimated delivery date, unless we need you to amend and re-upload your artwork after we've reviewed it. To upgrade to a Professional File Check, simply select the option when you upload your artwork. We'll take care of the rest and let you know if we spot anything that needs your attention before your job goes to print.

How do I print with Canva?

Printing with Canva is quick and easy with Printed.com. Select your product, create your artwork in Canva, and export it as a print-ready PDF. Once uploaded to Printed.com, we handle the rest! For help with accurate sizing, bleed and export settings, please visit our Canva Support page for step-by-step guides and video tutorials. Plus, you can explore our library of free pre-formatted Canva templates to get started.

A Postcard is a rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard, designed for writing and mailing without an envelope. Traditionally, Postcards feature a decorative image or photograph on one side and a space for writing on the other. Now, they serve various purposes, from personal greetings and marketing materials to artistic expressions and business communications or ecommerce packaging inserts.

How can I order Next Day Postcards?

Getting your Next Day Postcards is quick and easy when ordering with Printed.com. To qualify for next day delivery, simply follow these steps: Place your order before 12pm: Submit your order before the daily cut-off time to give us enough time to print and dispatch it the same working day. Printed Plus members can order until 2pm. Order one qualifying item : To keep production moving as quickly as possible, next day delivery is available when ordering a single item. If you need multiple products, check that each one qualifies individually and 'ungroup' them at checkout so delivery can be chosen for each. Choose a qualifying specification: Simpler specifications are more likely to be eligible for next day delivery. Premium finishes, laminations, shapes, and larger quantities may require additional production time. Check Next Day Delivery is available: Once you've configured your Business Cards, available delivery options will be displayed during the product builder and in your basket. Simply select the next day service if it is offered. Make sure your artwork is print-ready: Your artwork must pass our pre-print checks to move straight into production. Using our free downloadable templates and following our artwork guidelines can help avoid delays. If your order qualifies, we'll print you Postcards the same day, dispatch them with our courier, and deliver them the next working day so you're ready for meetings, events, networking opportunities, and last-minute business needs. If you need a little extra support, feel free to contact us.

What is the standard Postcard size?

The standard Postcard size is typically A6, measuring 148mm x 105mm. However, as the use of Postcards has grown, proving valuable for various marketing activities and communication, the standard size has expanded to include other popular a-sizes such as A5. For more information check out our handy Postcard Size Guide .

Where do you write an address on a Postcard?

When addressing a Postcard, the right-hand side is typically reserved for the recipient's address. It's crucial to ensure that the address is clear and complete for efficient delivery. On the left-hand side, you can include your message or design elements. While this is the traditional layout, feel free to get creative if it better suits your design, just make sure the address remains clear and legible to ensure it reaches its intended destination.

A file copy is an extra print from your order for personal reference or record-keeping, making it a great tool for reviewing your work before or after sending the main order to your client. Perfect for creatives, business owners, or anyone needing to keep a record of their prints, it’s ideal for future use, presentations, or archiving. To select a file copy, simply tick the "File Copy" box at checkout. Please note, the file copy is taken from the total quantity of your order—for example, if you order 100 prints and select a file copy, you’ll receive 99 to the main address and 1 to the file copy address. Available on select products, the file copy can be shipped to any address of your choice for a small additional fee, offering both flexibility and convenience. While printed simultaneously with your main order, delivery timelines may vary depending on your chosen shipping method.

What size Postcards can I order with next day delivery?

All our standard Postcard sizes are available with next day delivery. These include: A7, A6, and A5 DL Two square shapes: 105mm x 105mm and 148mm x 148mm

What Postcard printing services are offered with next day delivery?

Many of our standard Postcard options can qualify for next day delivery, helping you get high-quality cards when time is tight. To be eligible, place your order before 12:00 PM, add one qualifying item to your basket, select an available next day delivery option at checkout, and ensure your artwork is print-ready. For the best chance of qualifying, choose straightforward specifications and smaller quantities where possible. Additional finishes such as lamination, shapes, and other specialist enhancements require extra production time and are therefore not eligible for next day delivery. If you're looking for these premium finishing options, please explore our standard Postcards , where you'll find a wider selection of specifications and turnaround times to suit your needs. Once your order has passed our artwork checks, it will move straight into production the same working day, be collected by our courier, and delivered the next working day. If next day delivery is available for your chosen specification, you'll see the option displayed during the ordering process.

Can I get next day delivery Postcards on a weekend?

To give our hard-working print team a well-deserved rest, our production line and warehouse close on weekends. Here's how that affects your order schedule: Friday Orders (Before 12 PM): Earliest delivery available on Monday. Saturday & Sunday Orders: Earliest delivery available on Tuesday. Need it Monday? Be sure to place your order before 12:00 PM on Thursday!

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Get your message out fast with custom Next Day Postcards. Perfect for promo handouts, packaging inserts, campaign materials, or quick "thank you" notes, our fast printing service ensures your brand stays front and centre without the wait. Simply select your preferred size and paper stock for sharp, professional cards delivered by tomorrow. More information

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A6 landscape Postcards, printed on both sides of 350gsm Uncoated paper.

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For a flat modern finish with no surface coating, Uncoated paper offers a soft, touchable texture that's ideal for writing on.

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Recycled Uncoated is off-white, with a coarse texture and rustic flecks throughout. It's uncoated surface gives print colours a sophisticated feel and a slightly muted finish.

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Our most popular paper choice, the clean and crisp finish of Silk paper gives a sharp, defined finish to printed colours and designs.

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Our most popular paper just got an eco-upgrade! Discover all the features of your favourite stock, now manufactured sustainably with 100% recycled fibres.

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Meet our finest Italian paper. With a warm off-white hue and a hammered finish, Tintoretto Gesso brings a layer of prestige to your print. It's ideal for luxury designs.

Acquerello

With a rich cream colour and fine textured lines impressed on both sides, Acquerello evokes an old world warmth that’s ideal for both retro and elegant modern designs.

Cream

The soft warmth of Cream paper gives a premium feel to any design. With a light uncoated texture, inks are absorbed leaving a flatter, muted finish.

Cotton

Our crisp white 100% Cotton paper has a soft natural texture, and is fully recyclable and biodegradable. This G . F Smith Collection unique, eco-friendly paper is made without chemicals and has a fabric feel with the same great print quality of paper.

Fresco Gesso

This paper delivers the same luxury and textured finish of Tintoretto Gesso, but with a brighter white finish. Perfect for extra-special print.

Ice Gold

Warm gold tones lace through the surface of Ice Gold paper, offering a shimmering coated surface which gives printed designs intricate depth and delicate detail.

Kraft

Get a rustic feel with the earthy tones of Kraft paper, made entirely from post-consumer waste. White areas of your design won't be printed, unless you've chosen our white ink finish.

Kraft Lux

Create standout prints with the unforgettable feel of Kraft Lux. It features a signature coloured core, sandwiched between two layers of rustic Kraft paper. White areas of your design won't be printed.

Laid

Add a touch of texture with the subtle, fine-lined finish of Laid paper. With an off-white hue, it's uncoated for a soft feel and is made from 10% cotton fibres.

Nettuno

Add a touch of class with Nettuno. Featuring a fine-lined texture, it has an understated simplicity that brings print to life with a retro feel.

Pearl Oyster

Sparkling with cool icy tones, this pearlescent paper brings an extra dimension to printed designs with a subtle, yet standout shine.

Pearl Polar

Featuring a cool pearlescent sheen, this paper weaves a shimmering tone throughout its surface for a subtle, yet eye-catching finish.

Rives Shetland

Featuring a weave-like texture across its bright white surface, the stylish uncoated finish of Rives Shetland adds a tactile element to contemporary print designs.

TruCard

TruCard is glossy and scratchproof on one side with an off-white hue, giving a vibrant print. It's bright-white and uncoated on the other side, so you can easily write on it.

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We like to be as flexible as possible, so you can upload your files as PDF, JPEG, TIFF and PNG. PDF's and JPEGs are the most accepted file type across all our products, so we recommend using those wherever possible.

Bleed is an area of print outside the document that must be added to your artwork before it’s sent off for print. By adding the all-important bleed (a minimum of 3mm on all edges), there’ll be no risk of white space left on your document and it'll be trimmed correctly without cutting into any design. Some products require a different amount of bleed, so be sure to check our downloadable templates to find out the correct amount.

The safe area is the space inside where your print will be trimmed. Keeping any important parts of your design away from this area will make sure that they aren’t accidentally trimmed off due to the natural movement while your print gets finished. Our downloadable templates will indicate the recommended amount of safe area for your print.

RGB is the colour gamut used to display images on a computer screen, and stands for Red, Green and Blue. CMYK is the colour gamut used for conventional printing, and stands for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black. Unless you’re printing Giclée Fine Art Prints or Photographic Prints, please set up your artwork in CMYK.

Our Versions service lets you print multiple designs using the same product specifications. For instance, if you have five different designs that share the same size, orientation, and paper stock, you can print them all at once using this service. By opting for Versions, you're increasing your overall quantity, which means you'll enjoy a lower cost per unit. To use Versions, simply select "yes" in the product builder when prompted with "Do you want to print more than one design?". When using Versions, the quantity you enter in the product builder applies to each design. For example, if you choose a quantity of 10 with 5 Versions, you'll receive a total of 50 prints.

Personalisation is a simple, cost-effective way to tailor each of your individual prints. You can use personalisation for different text elements like names, addresses, and even personalised messages. However, if the text content on your design is the same for all prints, you don't need personalisation. There are two main options for personalising your print - you can either choose to add the personalised elements to your artwork yourself, or send us your artwork with a placeholder and a CSV containing a list of all the names/ personalised elements, and we’ll merge the two for you.

If you don’t embed fonts and your document is opened on another computer system that doesn’t have access to the original fonts, different fonts will be substituted instead. This could really affect the look of your finished print. Embedding fonts into your original design will stop them from changing.

Remember to save your artwork out at a minimum of 300dpi resolution. This will ensure that when printed, your artwork quality is as crisp as possible.

If you've chosen a shape for your print (such as arch, wavy, circle or pebble where available), you'll find templates for these shapes on additional layers within the standard square or rectangular template. Download the template for the correct size, then delete the layers you don't need, leaving the layer for your chosen shape as a guide while creating your artwork. Delete all template layers before saving and uploading your artwork. This will prevent the template from being printed on top of your design.

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Need professional Postcards with next day delivery? Our high-quality Next Day Postcards help you get your message out fast, making them ideal when plans come together at the last minute. Choose from a range of sizes and premium paper stocks to create professional, eye-catching print that puts your message in the hands of your audience, right when you need it. With no minimum order quantity, you can create custom Postcards with next day delivery to suit exactly what you need. Whether you’ve got a last-minute event to promote, a flash sale to announce, a new product launching tomorrow, customer communications that need sending fast, or ecommerce orders that need a branded insert before dispatch, Next Day Postcards help you stay on schedule when time is tight. Order by 12:00 PM today to receive your Postcards the next working day.

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Got a question? We might have answered it here. If not, feel free to get in touch with The Team, we’re here to help!

How long will my print take to arrive?

Find out how quickly you can get your print by filling in your selected options in the product builder, and check out the delivery options at the bottom. You can also explore the available delivery options from your basket once you’ve added a product.

You’ll notice that if you put multiple items into your basket, they may be sorted into “delivery groups” based on delivery days, in order to help us ship your items as quickly and efficiently as possible. Find out more about delivery groups here.

Once your order has been dispatched you’ll get an email from us which includes a tracking code. You can also easily track the status of your delivery at any time by logging into your Account and checking the Orders page.

Find out more about our delivery services here, including details of delivery options based on your region.

What should I know before preparing artwork for print?

Here are the 7 key things you need to know before preparing your artwork to be printed with us:

1. We provide downloadable templates:

On most of our product pages, you can find free downloadable templates to help you set up your artwork for print. They’re available in AI, IDML and PDF formats to suit the design software you’re working in. Our downloadable templates include key information on creating artwork as well as instructions on how to save out your print-ready PDF.

2. You need to include bleed:

3. Keep in mind the safe area:

4. The difference between RGB and CMYK:

5. Embed your fonts:

6. Check your image resolution:

For the best print results, all artwork files should be at least 300dpi (dots per inch) when saved at the actual size they will appear in your design. This ensures that your final printed project is sharp and clear, not blurry or pixelated.

7. How to export a PDF:

Exporting your design into a print-ready PDF is easy. We’ve created some handy video guides which will take you through the process which you can find here.

Find lots more artwork tips here, including if you’re printing any special finishes such as foiling. For products with multiple pages, such as Brochures or Booklets, explore our book printing guide here.

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