Available poster formats

We offer the following poster formats on 250 g/m² semi-gloss photo paper.

Metric :

• Portrait: 20 x 30cm / 40 x 60cm / 60 x 90cm
• Landscape: 30 x 20cm / 60 x 40cm / 90 x 60cm
• Square: 20 x 20cm / 40 x 40cm / 60 x 60cm

Imperial (United States):

• Portrait: 8" × 12" / 16" × 24"/ 18" × 24"/ 24" × 36"
• Landscape: 12" × 8" / 24" × 16" / 24" × 18"/ 36" × 24"
• Square: 8" × 8"/ 12" × 12"/ 24" × 24"

Design requirements

Posters can only be printed if the following requirements are met:

• Portrait (2:3 / 3:4), landscape (3:2 / 4:3) or square (1:1) format
• Size limit: 100 megapixels
• Resolution: 200 dpi minimum
• Minimum size (200 dpi)
• Portrait: 4724 × 7087 px
• Landscape: 7087 × 4724 px
• Square: 4724 × 4724 px
• File formats: JPG, PNG
• Size limit: 100 MB maximum
• Color profile: RGB or CMYK
• White design elements will not show up on the white poster backgrounds. You cannot print white designs
• Additional 2 mm margin on all sides (to avoid clipping)

Please note: Don’t place text or other important elements 4 mm from the outer edge. A bleed allowance is necessary to protect your image from unwanted cropping.

Don’t forget about these important details:

• Your design is clear, detailed, and sharp
• Contrast and brightness are optimally adjusted
• You only use images that you own. For example, do not depict someone else’s face or something that may result in a violation of personal rights
• You only use designs that do not violate any of our and our legal guidelines for design content policies and our legal guidelines for design.

Templates to download

With our templates, you can easily prepare your design for poster printing. Each template contains:

• A layer to show you the correct size
• A red-marked margin of 2 mm to indicate which area might be cut off

Open the template with Photoshop or any graphics software suitable for .psd files. Then follow the checklist for poster printing (see below).

Format	Europe		North America*
	Photoshop	Illustrator	Photoshop	Illustrator
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*If you are using the US version of the SPOD app, please use the templates marked North America. The sizes are adjusted to meet US standards (inch).

Checklist for poster printing

Choose and download a suitable template, open it and drag your design to the files work surface. Then proceed as follows:

• Your design is in the "Your Design" folder
• Your design fills the layer exactly (the edges disappear below the red line)
• The red border doesn’t cover any important elements
• The "Tutorial" layer is deactivated
• The “Bleed allowance” layer is deactivated (no red margin visible)
• RGB is selected as the color profile
• Once you’re all set here, save your design under "File > Save As" in .png format.

Handling and packaging of posters

Express or premium delivery is unavailable for posters. Prints in the size of 8" × 8" (20 cm x 20 cm) and 8" × 12" (20 cm x 30 cm) will be dispatched in a sturdy envelope, sizes 16" × 24" (40 cm x 60 cm) and 24" × 36" (60 cm x 90 cm) are rolled in a cardboard tube.