You Bought the Digital File. Here Is How to Print It.
Your digital file is a watermark-free PNG of roughly 3,584 x 4,800 pixels, downloadable an unlimited number of times from your order page. It holds about 299 DPI at 12x16 inches and about 306 DPI on A3, so those are the sizes to aim for. Printing it yourself, including at a print shop, is explicitly allowed.
Where to download it
Sign in and open the order. After payment and your final confirmation, the download entry appears on the order page and stays there long term. There is no download limit and no expiry on the entry itself, so you can come back years later and pull the file again.
One thing to know before you click: once a digital file has been downloaded it is non-refundable, because of the nature of digital goods. Before download, the normal refund rules still apply.
What is actually in the file
- Format: PNG, no watermark, no compression artefacts from a second save.
- Size: roughly 3,584 x 4,800 pixels, a 3:4 portrait shape.
- Colour: sRGB, the same profile we attach to our own production files.
- It is the master, not a copy. For a digital order we hand you the same upscaled file our print pipeline would use, uncropped and uncomposited.
Which print sizes actually work
Effective DPI at common sizes, using a file about 3,584 pixels wide:
- 8x10 inches: about 448 DPI (needs a small crop, the shape is not 3:4)
- A4: about 433 DPI (leaves a thin band, A sizes are not 3:4)
- A3: about 306 DPI — an excellent match
- 12x16 inches: about 299 DPI — exact shape match, our recommendation
- 16x20 inches: about 224 DPI (needs a small crop)
- 18x24 inches: about 199 DPI — exact shape match, still fine on a wall
- A2: about 217 DPI
12x16, 18x24 and 24x36 inches are exactly 3:4, so they crop nothing. Anything larger than 18x24 drops under the 150 DPI floor we apply to our own products, and we would not print it ourselves.
What to say at the print shop
Five sentences that prevent almost every bad print:
- Print at 100 percent, actual size. Do not scale up to fit the paper.
- The file is sRGB. Please do not apply auto colour correction or auto enhance.
- Matte or luster photo paper, not glossy, if you plan to frame it behind glass.
- The image is 3:4. On A-series paper, keep a border rather than cropping.
- No sharpening filter. The file is already prepared for print.
Do not run it through another upscaler
The file has already been enlarged once. Passing it through a second upscaling tool usually adds plastic-looking texture rather than detail, and it is the most common way a good file turns into a disappointing print. If you need a size the file cannot hold at 150 DPI, print smaller instead.
What the licence allows
The digital file is for personal use. You may print it yourself for personal purposes, including by sending it to a print shop, and you may print it more than once. Large-scale commercial resale is not permitted. The full wording is in the digital delivery section of our Terms.