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RSPrintCanvas articles
Four focused reads about transparent print canvas. Explore practical situations, worked examples and the checks that make the result useful.
Print preparation
Plan the safe margin around centered print artwork
Calculate the usable area of a transparent canvas and see why the artwork can end up smaller than that area.
Transparency checks
A transparent canvas does not remove an opaque background
Identify white rectangles, transparent padding and colored edge halos before preparing a print canvas.
Print sizing
Measure the visible design inside a large canvas
Compare canvas dimensions with artwork dimensions and calculate the physical size of the part that will actually print.
Mobile print workflow
Prepare a large print canvas without losing your master
Use a smaller test export, inspect the fit and then prepare the full canvas with clear checkpoints.
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