P3 Creative
Professional Printing that Promotes you and your business
FAQ’s
Printing Questions
These are some of the most common questions we get asked by customers enquiring about their printing requirements, if you don’t see your question here, please get in touch
A0 – 841mm x 1189mm
A1 – 594mm x 841mm
A2 – 420mm x 594mm
A3 – 297mm x 420mm
A4 – 210mm x 297mm
A5 – 148mm x 210mm
A6 – 105mm x 148mm
A7 – 74mm x 105mm
For standard small format printing e.g. A3 and smaller, about 300-400dpi.
For anything larger, get in touch and we can advise you.
80 – 100gsm: Standard office paper used in desktop printers and photocopiers
110 – 120gsm: Stationary paper for items such as letterheads and compliment slips.
130 – 170gsm: More durable, e.g. posters, leaflets, flyers and pages inside a book.
170 – 200gsm: Halfway between paper and card. Brochure covers, luxurious posters and high quality, double sided flyers.
250 – 300gsm: Card. Superior finish for covers of bound documents.
350 – 400gsm: Business cards
400gsm and above: Luxury items such as high quality business cards
Yes, We can help you create or adapt your designs to make sure your printed products come out just the way you want.
We are happy to work from most common file formats, ideally, high quality images of 300dpi, this will ensure the final printed image does not appear pixelated. We will always check your files before printing to ensure you get the best finished article possible. Please get in touch if you are unsure.
There are a number of ways to get your artwork to us, email, drop in with a USB, transfer via dropbox or use a free online file sending service such as WeTransfer.
The standard size in the UK is 85mm x 55mm.