Pre-press set-up done right, from the start.
Design Desk provides expert pre-press set-up and production support, ensuring artwork is technically accurate, compliant, and ready for print. With deep knowledge of print processes and production workflows, Design Desk removes risk, reduces errors, and delivers confidence at press.
What is available
Expert pre-press production support to ensure artwork is technically accurate, compliant, and ready for print. Our team works closely with printers, suppliers, and production teams to eliminate errors, reduce risk, and streamline the path from artwork to press — delivering confidence at every stage of production.
Imposition
Maximise print efficiency and reduce waste with expert imposition set-up, strategically arranging artwork to ensure perfect alignment, consistent quality, and cost-effective, press-ready results every time.
Crops and Bleed
Ensure a flawless, professional print finish with crops and bleed set-up. Prevent white edges and guarantee perfect trimming with precise bleed extension and crop mark placement.
Text Change
Update your artwork with minor text edits, perfect for correcting typos or small changes. Supplied as a print-ready PDF with precise crops and bleed.
Artwork Scale
Artwork scaling resizes your design proportionally, no layout changes, perfect for format shifts such as A2 to A4 or A4 to A3. Supplied as a print-ready PDF with full crops and bleed.
Colour Adjustment
Enhance print accuracy with expert colour adjustment—fix inconsistencies, match samples or charts, and convert colours (like PMS or RGB to CMYK) for flawless, professional print results.
Dieline Creation
Professional dieline creation ensures precise cutting, folding, and layout for packaging—built from your brief with correct layers, marks, and colours for flawless print finishing.
Data Merge
Data merge streamlines your workflow by combining multiple data sources into one seamless file, perfect for personalised printing, labels, and marketing with speed, accuracy, and impact.
Preflight & Report
Preflight ensures your PDF is print-ready, checking for errors in fonts, colours, bleed, and more. Receive a detailed report to guarantee flawless print results.
Multi-Page Bleed
Multi-page bleed set-up ensures edge-to-edge print perfection, extending artwork beyond trim on every page to eliminate white borders and deliver a seamless, professional finish.
Book Impose
Book imposition arranges pages for flawless binding, ensuring correct order and orientation for saddle-stitched, perfect-bound or wire-bound books with professional, print-ready precision.
Barcode Generation
Professional barcode and QR code generation services ensure scannable accuracy, compliance, and seamless pre-press integration, helping your products move faster through printing, packaging, and retail environments.
OPM Template Creation & Set-up
An OPM Template streamlines print set-up, ensuring your static or variable artwork meets industry standards for seamless upload, accuracy, and high-quality results every time.
Try Design Desk for yourself
Choose flexible PAYG design support or a monthly subscription built to scale with your needs.
Get startedBrands We’ve Designed For
Our designers have produced artwork and collateral for some of Australia’s best-known brands, working directly with businesses and alongside agencies and print partners.
