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Artwork & Design Guide

Whether you're booking your first campaign or hosting your first screen, tell us a bit about what you need.

Follow these steps to prepare artwork that prints correctly, the first time.

01 Know your canvas

Always design to the full canvas, never the visible size.

  • 6 ft × 3.2 ft Visible area
  • 76″ × 42.4″ Final artwork canvas
  • 2.0″ Perimeter Wrap bleed
  • 300 DPI · CMYK Resolution & color

Keep all important text, logos & key elements inside the 68″ × 34.4″ safe area.

Flex canvas diagram: the full artwork canvas is 76″ × 41.79″ including a 2″ wrap on every side; the visible area is 72″ × 37.79″.

02 Design inside the safe area

Keep logos and text inside the 68″ × 34.4″ safe zone. Extend background color to the full canvas edge so no white shows after mounting.

Incorrect Designed only to 6 × 3.2 ft
Artwork designed only to the visible size: headlines and logos are cut off by the tension frame.

Mounting rails swallow outer copy and leave raw exposed unprinted vinyl.

Correct Full 76″ × 42.4″ canvas
Artwork designed to the full canvas: copy sits inside the 68″ × 34.4″ safe zone and the background extends to the edge.

Full wrap margins ensure flawless storefront presentation at eye level.

03 Prepare your files

Send a print-ready PDF/X-1a or TIFF, 300 DPI, CMYK. Include your original layered file (AI/PSD) if you have it.

  • Submit a Print-ready PDF/X-1a or TIFF @ 300 DPI in CMYK color mode
  • Packaged source file (AI or PSD) included with linked images embedded

04 What happens after you submit

  1. 01

    Submit artwork

    Upload final print files and packaged source assets.

  2. 02

    RADO production check

    We verify dimensions, color profiles, and bleed tolerances.

  3. 03

    Print & produce

    Artwork is printed at 300 DPI CMYK and dispatched for mounting.

RADO manages pre-press engineering, printing, and storefront deployment; you are responsible for providing artwork that follows these specifications.

05 Avoid these common mistakes

  1. 01 Wrong artwork size

    Designing to 6 × 3.2 ft instead of the full 76″ × 42.4″ canvas.

  2. 02 Unconverted live typography

    Live text instead of outlined/vector paths.

  3. 03 Low-resolution bitmap assets

    Web-resolution images (72 DPI) instead of vector or 300 DPI.

  4. 04 Content outside safe boundaries

    Logos or text placed outside the 68″ × 34.4″ safe zone.

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