Graphics and File Uploads

In Print.App, a graphic can be an image, a vector file like PDFs, SVGs or plain shapes like rectangles, circles, and lines. By default, the app comes with a collection of graphics and you can also upload your own custom graphics and can assign select graphics to different Design Templates.

You create a Resource Profile to assign certain Graphics to a Design Template. This way, only the Graphics you’ve selected will be available for use in that Design Template.

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• Graphics are managed on a collection basis and can be applied as backgrounds or placed directly on the design canvas.
• SVG Vector graphics can be painted on the canvas using the color panel and selecting the fill index you want changed.
• PDF files with multiple pages appear as a collection of pages in the graphics panel.
• An uploaded PDF file in the editor cannot be edited on the canvas, it can only be transformed (resized, scaled or rotated). They are placed in the final PDF output using the originally uploaded source with all its properties. Please note, this is different from importing PDFs as a complete template in the admin panel. We are referring to uploading PDF files as graphics inside the designer

Uploads

The following types of files can be uploaded:

Extension		Mimetype	Description
png	-	image/png	PNG Image with transparency
jpeg	-	image/jpeg	Jpeg Image file
jfif	-	image/jpeg	A JPEG saved with the .jfif extension, as Windows often names images saved from the web. Handled exactly like a JPEG
webp	-	image/webp	Converted to PNG as it uploads
heic, heif	-	image/heic, image/heif	iPhone photos. Converted to JPEG as they upload, or to PNG if the photo has transparency
svg	-	image/svg+xml	SVG Graphics files (version 1.1 or lower)
pdf	-	application/pdf	PDF pages are placed in the output from the original files
ai	-	application/ai	Illustrator files just like PDF
csv	-	text/csv	For use as Datasources

HEIC photos are converted in the customer’s browser before they upload, in both the classic and the new editor. They keep their orientation and colour: the wide Display P3 colour of iPhone photos is converted to sRGB. Photos over 50 megapixels are scaled down to 50 (16.7 on phones). The converted file is what’s stored, previewed and printed.