Make sure your design matches the required print size and includes bleed, usually 3mm. Keep important content inside the safe area so it is not trimmed off.
If you designed in RGB, Canva will convert to CMYK during download, but colours may shift slightly, so review the file carefully.
Click Share, then Download, and choose PDF Print rather than PDF Standard.
Crop marks and bleedFlatten PDF unchecked if the printer may need editable layersIf your design contains text, Canva generally embeds fonts for you, so you do not need to outline them manually.
Download the PDF and open it in a viewer such as Adobe Acrobat. Check that the bleed, crop marks, and safe area all look correct and that no important content has been cropped.
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