Optimize Designs for Poster Print
Designing and uploading poster designs is easy, especially if you pay attention to a few small details. We’d love to help you: Below, we have compiled the most important info and a few helpful print templates.
Available formats
You can print your posters in the following formats on 250 g/m² semi-gloss photo paper.
Portrait: 8" × 12", 16" × 24", 18" × 24", 24" × 36"
Landscape: 12" × 8", 24" × 16", 24" × 18", 36" × 24"
Square: 8" × 8", 12" × 12", 24" × 24"
Requirements for your design
Once you upload your design, posters are only available for print if the following requirements are met:
Portrait (2:3 / 3:4), landscape (3:2 / 4:3) or square (1:1) format
Size limit: 100 megapixels
Resolution: at least 200 dpi
Minimum size (200 dpi):
Portrait: 4724 × 7087 px
Landscape: 7087 × 4724 px
Square: 4724 × 4724 px
File formats: JPG, PNG
Size limit: max. 100 MB
Color profile: RGB or CMYK
No white designs since we only offer white backgrounds for posters.
Additional 2 mm margin on all sides (to avoid clipping)
Please note: Don’t place text or other important elements 4 mm from the outer edge. A bleed allowance is necessary to protect your image from unwanted image cropping.
Please also take note that there are quality criteria for designs and pay particular attention to the following points:
Your design is clear, detailed and sharp
Contrast and brightness are optimally adjusted
No faces are depicted as this may lead to a violation of personal rights
Templates to download
With our templates, you can easily prepare your design for poster printing. Each template contains
a layer to show you the correct size.
a red-marked margin of 2 mm to indicate which area might be cut off.
Open the template with Photoshop or any graphics software suitable for .psd files. Then follow the checklist for poster printing (see below).
*If you feel like selling posters on our North American domain, please use the templates marked North America. The sizes are adjusted to meet US standards (inch).
Checklist for poster printing
Choose and download a suitable template, open it and drag your design to the file’s work surface. Then proceed as follows:
Your design is in the "Your Design" folder
Your design fills the layer exactly (the edges disappear below the red line)
The red border doesn’t cover any important elements
The "Tutorial" layer is deactivated
The “Bleed allowance” layer is deactivated (no red margin visible)
RGB is selected as the color profile
Once you’re all set here, save your design under "File > Save As" in .png format.
Creating posters in the Partner Area
Once you have optimised your file for poster printing, follow the usual process for creating products:
Upload your design in the Partner Area
Click on the design to select the product groups you want
As long as you’ve uploaded the right format, the product group "Posters" is already preselected for you
All other products are disabled since the format specifications and resolution requirements contrast strongly with those of clothing and other items
In case the product group "Posters" isn’t available for you in the product selection, your design doesn’t meet the requirements for poster printing. Check the design requirements again and refer to our template for guidance.
Handling and packaging of posters
Express or premium delivery and gift-wrapping is unavailable for posters. Prints in the size of 8" × 8" and 8" × 12" will be dispatched in a solid envelope, sizes 16" × 24" and 24" × 36" are rolled in a cardboard box.