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Check your key card artwork before you order

Drop your front and back design and see it at true card size with the cut, bleed and safe area lines. The checker flags what would cost you a reprint, from low-resolution images to text too close to the edge. Your files stay in your browser; nothing is uploaded.

Or download the blank template below.

Pick your card type, then drop your artwork.

Artwork checks

FrontNo artwork yet
BackNo back design (prints white)

Drop your design and it is checked at once for:

  • resolution at card size (300 dpi)
  • bleed past the card edge
  • text or logos too close to the edge
  • detail under the chip, stripe or signature panel
  • colors that print duller in CMYK

    Card type

    Orientation
    Contact chip
    Magnetic stripe
    Slot punch

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    Print-ready files

    What we need to print your cards

    1. Vector artwork (PDF, AI or EPS), or images at 300 dpi at card size
    2. 3 mm bleed on every side, and text at least 3 mm inside the edge
    3. Fonts converted to outlines
    4. For foil or spot UV: that area on its own layer, or as a separate black-and-white file
    5. A free digital proof for your approval before production
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    This tool is powered by ProofScene, the 3D proofing platform behind our card proofs.