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Printify vs Printful File Size at 300 DPI: How to Prep Once
Both platforms want you to fill their product template’s pixel box, usually 300 DPI for paper. Don’t reuse one 8×10 JPEG across poster, canvas, and mug listings.
Direct answer
Printify and Printful both expect you to fill their current product template exactly — typically 300 DPI for posters and fine-art paper, different pixel counts for canvas wrap, and sometimes 150 DPI for large or fabric products. Pin one focal point, then export a crop matching each template’s exact width × height in pixels, and upload that file to that specific listing. One 2400×3000 JPEG is not a universal print-on-demand file.
The internet still says “just send 300 DPI” — true, but incomplete. A Printful 18×24 poster’s pixel count can differ from Printify’s 18×24 depending on bleed or safe zones, and both can differ from what a blog post told you last year. Open the actual template every time you add a product.
You can still crop “once” in spirit, though: pin one focal point, then export as many custom ratios as the templates call for, typed straight from those templates. That’s faster than rebuilding your composition from scratch in every dashboard.
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Open the product template
Copy down its exact pixel size and DPI.
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Crop the original to that rectangle
Keep the subject inside the safe zone.
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Export that exact pixel box
sRGB JPG or PNG, whichever it specifies.
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Upload to that one SKU
Then repeat for the other partner’s template.
What stays the same across both platforms
sRGB photographs, exported as high-quality JPG. No mockups baked into the file. Subject kept inside the safe zone. Enough pixels that the print shop isn’t upscaling for you. Our guide to Etsy file requirements still applies here too — your marketplace listing photo is never the same file as your production asset.
What actually differs between them
Canvas wrap inches. Poster bleed. Framed-poster inner rails. Mug wrap area. Fabric PPI requirements. Printify’s catalog and Printful’s catalog aren’t pixel-identical, even when a product’s marketing name matches exactly. Download both templates if you sell on both platforms.
| Product type | What to match |
|---|---|
| Paper poster / art print | Trim pixels at 300 DPI, plus bleed if shown |
| Canvas | Front + wrap, DPI on the guide |
| Framed print | Visible window, not the outer frame |
| Apparel / AOP | Often 150 DPI, huge boxes |
Prep once inside Reopic
Read the inches or millimetres straight off each template, add them as custom ratios, pin the subject, then Export Artwork at 300 DPI (or whatever DPI the template lists). Drop each exported file into its matching uploader. Pro ($33 lifetime) zips everything into separate folders, so your Printful files never get mixed up with your Printify files.
Gooten, Prodigi, and local print shops
Same rule applies everywhere: check the template first. See our guides to preparing files for Printful, Gooten, or a local print shop and canvas wrap files for the usual traps. If two partners disagree by even 40 pixels, export twice — never stretch one file to cover both.
FAQ: Printify vs Printful file size 300 DPI
Do Printify and Printful use the same file?+
Sometimes they’re close, often they’re not. Always check both templates — canvas and framed products differ more than simple posters do.
What DPI does Printful want?+
Whatever that specific product’s guide says, commonly 300 for paper. Don’t assume 300 applies to every fabric product too.
What DPI does Printify want?+
Check the product’s file requirements page. Most paper prints call for 300 DPI at the listed inches.
Can I upload one 8x10 file to every size variation?+
Only if every variation shares the 4:5 ratio and your largest size still has enough pixels. 12×18 and 16×20 need their own separate crops.
