Artwork & Print Services

Do you already have your artwork, or do you require our assistance in creating it? Board Printing Company prints rigid boards of every kind — Foamex, Correx, Dibond, acrylic and eco boards — for retail, events, construction and signage, all checked in-house before we print.

  • Every file checked by our prepress team before printing begins
  • We accept PDF, EPS, JPEG and TIFF across all board materials
  • No artwork ready? Our in-house designers will build it from your brief
  • Reliable UK delivery on every rigid board order
How Can We Help You?

Select an option to get started:

Drag and drop your artwork here

or click below to browse your files

PDF, EPS, JPEG, TIFF | Max 5MB

    Need Help Preparing Your Artwork?

    Send us what you've got — our prepress team will sort the bleed, colour, resolution and layout to make it press-ready across any board material.

    Artwork prep service From £35 + VAT
    How to send it Upload form Email WeTransfer for 10MB+

    Supplying Your Print-Ready Artwork

    The quickest way to a perfect print. Follow these do's and don'ts to help your artwork pass smoothly through our prepress checks.

    Do this

    Supply a press-ready PDF (or EPS) built at the exact finished size — JPEG and TIFF are also accepted.

    Set the document to CMYK at 300dpi, full size — use a rich black (C20 M20 Y20 K100) for large solid-black areas.

    Add 3mm bleed on every edge and include crop marks.

    Keep text and logos inside the 5mm safe zone, away from the trim edge.

    Outline all fonts and embed every image before exporting.

    Name your file clearly, e.g. company-dibond-A1.pdf.

    Proofread at 100% zoom before sending — check spelling, layout, and image sharpness.

    Avoid this

    Sending low-res images, screenshots, or photos pulled from a website.

    Supplying RGB or Pantone files — colours will shift on press.

    Upscaling a small image to fit — it will print soft and blurry at board size.

    Leaving live text un-outlined or images only linked, not embedded.

    Sending Word, PowerPoint or Publisher files as final artwork.

    Assuming an on-screen design is print-ready without a proper proof check.

    No Artwork? We'll Design It for You.

    Our in-house design team creates print-ready artwork for every board material we offer — from Foamex and Correx to Dibond, acrylic, shell scheme panels, and eco boards. All we need is your brief, your logo, and your brand colours.

    • Bespoke design tailored to your board product and application
    • Artwork produced to print specification for UV flatbed production
    • Suitable for all materials: Foamex, Dibond, Correx, acrylic and eco boards
    • Design feedback welcomed at every stage of the process
    • Turnaround times discussed and agreed at the point of order
    Request a Design
    1
    Share Your Brief

    Tell us your board type, size, quantities, and what you want to communicate to your audience.

    2
    We Create the Artwork

    Our designers produce print-ready artwork based on your brief, brand guidelines, and board specification.

    3
    You Approve

    Review the design, share any feedback, and sign off when you are satisfied with the result.

    4
    We Print and Deliver

    Approved artwork goes straight to production and your boards are dispatched with fast UK-wide delivery.

    Getting Your Artwork Ready for Print

    Designed it yourself? Here's how to get a clean, print-ready PDF out of the most common tools.

    Designing in Canva? Follow these steps

    Set the exact size
    1 Set the exact size

    Create a design → Custom size, then enter your finished width and height in mm (or cm).

    Turn on print bleed
    2 Turn on print bleed

    File → Settings → Show print bleed to switch on the bleed guides.

    Your bleed & trim guides
    3 Your bleed & trim guides

    A dotted outer bleed line and inner trim line now appear around the page.

    Add your own high-resolution images
    4 Add your own high-resolution images

    Use the Uploads panel to add 300dpi images — free elements and stock can print soft.

    Extend your background to the bleed
    5 Extend your background to the bleed

    Push backgrounds and images out to the bleed edge (3mm). Keep text and logos inside the trim.

    Open Share → Download
    6 Open Share → Download

    Click Share, then choose Download to open the export options.

    Export as a PDF Print
    7 Export as a PDF Print

    File type: PDF Print, tick Crop marks and bleed, and set Colour profile: CMYK (Canva Pro).

    Check the exported PDF
    8 Check the exported PDF

    Open the PDF (not the Canva preview) and zoom to 200% — check crop marks, bleed and sharpness.

    Canva's limits for board print: Canva cannot produce spot colours, cutter/contour guides for shaped boards, or custom cut paths — and free accounts export RGB only. For shaped boards, acrylic cut-to-size, or the sharpest possible result, use Illustrator or InDesign, or send us the file and we'll finish it.

    Other Design Software

    Illustrator

    Embed all images at high resolution and convert fonts to outlines — or supply the font files alongside your artwork so nothing is missing at our end.

    Photoshop

    Flatten your design and save as a high-quality TIFF or JPEG. If you send a layered PSD, outline all fonts or include the original font files.

    InDesign

    Package your file (File → Package) so the INDD comes with its linked images and fonts folders, then send us the whole folder as a ZIP.

    Artwork Ready or Need a Design? We're Here to Help.