print-design

What problem does it solve?

This Skill prevents expensive print mistakes by ensuring your artwork is correctly sized, color-managed, and formatted for real-world production rather than screen display.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Print production specifications: Defines trim size, bleed, safe margins, and vendor-agnostic requirements so business collateral cuts and aligns properly.
• Color, DPI, and file format guidance: Ensures CMYK usage, 300 DPI minimum, and correct export standards like PDF/X-1a or PDF/X-4 to reduce unpredictable color shifts and rejection risk.
• Font and handoff readiness: Provides font embedding/outlining rules plus a vendor checklist to improve acceptance on first submission.
• Use Case: You need a tri-fold brochure and a run of business cards; generate exact dimensions, bleed/safe-margin instructions, and PDF/X export requirements so the printer produces the expected layout without reprints.

Quick Start

Tell the Skill to produce a print-ready spec sheet for a business card order, including dimensions with bleed, 300 DPI guidance, CMYK requirements, font outlining/embedding steps, and the correct PDF/X file export target for your vendor.