When you’ve finished a Canva project, printing it isn’t always as simple as clicking a button. Before you print, there are a few things you should double-check. Margins, bleed, and color palettes are all things to think about before printing.
Canva, fortunately, has a streamlined approach for getting a project print-ready with a little know-how.
Set Up Your Canva Designs for Print
You must change your setup settings before printing a Canva design.
Design Margins & Bleeding
The first thing you should be mindful of is your margins and bleed. To begin, enable your visual margins to guarantee that nothing is chopped off when the design prints.
It is straightforward to display the margins:
- In the menu bar, select File.
- Move your mouse over the View settings.
- Choose Show Margins from the dropdown menu.
Examine the viewing area once you’ve activated the visual margins on the design. A dashed line should be drawn all the way around the inside of the design. Check that no critical design components or text are running past the dashed lines.
These lines represent the printable surface’s edge, which means that anything beyond them may be cut off during the printing process. If any significant design elements fall outside the boundary, reposition them until they are inside a
The bleed of the design is the next thing you should look at:
- In the menu bar, select File.
- Move your mouse over the View settings.
- Choose Show print bleed from the dropdown menu.
After you’ve chosen this choice, you should examine the outside edge of your design. If you notice a white bar running around any of the outer corners, this indicates that your design does not extend all the way to the edge of the paper.
To correct a bleed problem, expand your background to be slightly larger than the canvas. Stretching the background will eliminate white space and ensure that your design extends all the way to the page’s edge.
Canva Color Setups
After you’ve confirmed that your entire design will appear on the page when printed, you’ll need to specify your color options. Most monitors employ an RGB color scheme, whereas most printers employ a CMYK palette. It is a good idea to have your display calibrated.
If you print your work without first adjusting the colors, the colors will seem different on paper than they did on the screen. There are two methods for changing your color scheme.
The first is to start your project with CMYK colors. Canva has a comprehensive explanation of how to convert items to the appropriate palette.
Another option is to download a CMYK color copy of your design. In the following part, we will go through everything you need to know about downloading the design.
It is worth noting that option one is preferable if you intend to print a design directly from Canva. It will require you to manually enter all of your colors, which will take more time to set up, but you will not have to worry about converting later.
Download Your Canva Design
Once your design is complete and you are confident that your bleed and margin settings are correct, you must be ready for printing. You must download your design if you intend to print it elsewhere or if you choose to distribute it to a different system before printing.
Click the Share icon in the upper right-hand corner of the screen to bring up a menu of options for distributing your design. A Download option can be found near the bottom of the list. Click on it to get the download options.
A pull-down menu displays many configuration options that will alter the file that you receive. Choose PDF Print as the file type.
If you developed your project using standard colors, you’ll need to select CMYK from the Colour Profile selection (which requires a Canva Pro account). You may also want to pick show crop marks and bleed, depending on your end aim.
Crop marks and bleed will add dashed lines to the final result, indicating where to trim once printed.
Print Your Canva Designs
After you’ve finished preparing your design, you can print it at home or submit it to a professional printer. Which solution you select will be largely determined by the requirements of your project. An at-home print job will certainly suffice if you can print on ordinary paper and do not want mass copies.
However, if you are printing anything that requires special paper, something that is too large to fit on printer paper, or you need a large number of copies, hiring a professional may be a better option.
Canva Design Printing at Home
If you intend to print your designs at home, you have two printing options. You may either print directly from Canva or download the PDF of your design as described above.
If your design did not use the CMYK color system, printing from a PDF is the best alternative. When you download a print-quality copy of the PDF with the correct color palette, it will be converted from RGB before printing. Once downloaded, you can open the PDF in your preferred PDF viewer and print it as usual. Here are some tips for making the most of your home printer.
If you choose a print color scheme when creating your design, you can print immediately from Canva without having to download it. To enter the usual print dialogue for your system, select print from the file menu.
Sending Your Canva Design to Print
If you need a professional print company to print your product, you need to download the print-quality PDF. Check with your preferred printer to determine their preferences for print color, bleed marks, and margins, and then set your download to match.
If they frequently use Canva, sharing a link with them may be a faster choice. Locate the link section by clicking the Share button. You can copy a link directly to the project and arrange it so that anyone who has the link can access it.
Everything You Need to Know About Designs Print form Canva
Canva streamlines and simplifies the printing process for designers. A computer design can be converted to a paper design with a little extra configuration. For the greatest results, always double-check your margins, bleed, and color profile before printing, and use a print-quality PDF.
Designers may print their products directly from Canva from the comfort of their own homes. Sending a link or file to be professionally printed is also straightforward through Canva for individuals who need a more complex print job or don’t want to take the time to configure their own printer.
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