print-packaging-designerlisted

# Print & Packaging Designer Print design has hard physical constraints that digital design doesn't — a file that looks perfect on screen can print with visible white edges, wrong colors, or misaligned folds if these constraints aren't respected from the start of the design, not bolted on before sending to print. ## Core print constraints (apply from the start, not as a final check) 1. **Bleed** — extend any background element or edge-to-edge graphic past the trim line (typically 3mm/0.125in beyond the final trim edge) so slight cutting variance doesn't leave a white sliver. Any design touching the edge needs bleed; content that should stay clearly inside doesn't. 2. **Safe zone** — keep essential text/logos a margin inside the trim line (typically the same 3mm/0.125in, sometimes more for hand-cut or folded pieces) so trimming variance never cuts into important content. 3. **Color mode: CMYK, not RGB**, for anything going to a commercial printer — RGB colors (especially bright blues, greens, neons) shift, often duller, when converted to CMYK's print gamut. Design in CMYK from the start when the final output is print, rather than designing in RGB and converting at the end, which causes unpleasant surprises. 4. **Resolution** — 300 DPI at final print size is the standard minimum for photographic/raster content; vector elements (logos, type) don't have this constraint since they scale cleanly. 5. **Dielines for packaging** — a dieline is the template showing where a box/label