Where to print Digital Downloads

Personalized party printables and home decor has become increasingly popular as our lives get busier and busier. Here at Scrap Bits, we offer a variety of prntable labels, invitations and party decor to style your parties quickly! But a common question come up often: where to actually print these digital downloads? 
 
To get the highest quality print, you have to ensure the colors are true to the original and the material is durable. Not to mention the technical aspects of preparing digital files for printing. In this article, we’ll guide you through some great printing tips and options on where to print.
 
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Understanding File Types
Understanding the difference in File Types is essential in knowing the best way to have your files printed. 

JPEG Files
A digital JPEG file works just like a digital photograph & can be printed at any local photo lab such as CVS or Walgreens, with an online printing service (check vendor accepted file types) or at home just as you would print any normal digital photo

PDF Files
A digital PDF File is good for printing on your own at home or at any office supply store like Kinkos or Staples.
 

Printing At Home

One of the benefits of our digital files and templates is that you can print from the convenience of your own home! PDF format with trim marks is best for quality printing at home (multiples per page is recommended to save paper). White matte card stock of 100 lb. or higher is recommended. Color inkjet printers set to maximum quality will produce the best results when printing at home. All designs are created in high resolution. If there are issues with print quality, it is likely due to improper printer settings, weight, style or color of paper, ink levels, etc. We are unable to troubleshoot specifi computer or printer issues, but we will attempt to help in any way that we can.
 

Professional Printing

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You may also print at your local print shop, office supply store or online print lab, such as Mpix.com, Zazzle.com, Office Max/Depot, Staples, Walmart (select premium card stock, not photo paper) etc. JPG format with bleed is often recommended for professional printing but some print shops will accept or prefer PDF. Simply save the files and deliver on a USB flash drive, send via email or upload online to the printer of your choice.

Printing Digital Round Labels
If you are purchasing a pre-personalized, digital round label from one of our stock designs, a single JPEG digital image will be sent to be used with labelstock template of choice for stickers or tags. For Stickers, the image can be used and placed individually in your preferred brand design template or online printing software. We recommend the Design & Print Online service at Avery.com. Please note that round label templates appear square when you download them, however they are cut round when uploaded to a round label template. For Tags, we recommend printing on white matte cardstock (110lb or more). You can use pre-cut stock or hand punch. These images are typically provided at 3" diameter (see notes below on how to re-size smaller).

Resizing Round Labels:
The 3” round labels can be printed in smaller sizes by placing the JPEG image individually in your preferred brand design template or uploaded online and then resizing the image. This can be done in programs like Microsoft Word, but we recommend the Design & Print Online service at Avery.com to print directly to one of their pre-cut labelstock sheets for easy alignment.

Printing Digital Square Labels
If you are purchasing a pre-personalized, digital square label from one of our stock designs, a digital PDF file at 8.5"x11" will be sent with 6 tags at 2.5" square. For Tags, we recommend printing on white matte cardstock (110lb or more). You can use pre-cut stock or hand punch. For Stickers, we recommend printing on full-sheet labelstock and trimming by hand using trim marks.

Tall Tags + Others
If you are purchasing a pre-personalized, digital square label from one of our stock designs, a digital PDF file at 8.5"x11" will be sent with multiple tags (see listing). For Tags, we recommend printing on white matte cardstock (110lb or more). You can use pre-cut stock or hand punch. For Stickers, we recommend printing on full-sheet labelstock and trimming by hand using trim marks.

Printing from Digital Editable Templates
If you purchased an editable template, you will have the option to download as either a JPG single image or as a PDF sheet with multiple per page. See below for more tips on how to use these file types.

JPEG (Recommended): We recommend the Single Digital Image to be used with your labelstock template of choice. The JPEG image can be used and placed individually in your preferred brand design template or online printing software. We recommend the Design & Print Online service at Avery.com. Please note that round label templates appear square when you download them, however they are cut round when uploaded to a round label template. See notes below for resizing.

PDF: This is a Digital PDF Sheet with multiple tags.
This option is NOT recommended for use the any pre-cut labelstock. It is for hand-cut labels or tags only.

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