Artist Handbook · Printing

Printing

NeedlePrint Guide

Paper sizes, split pages, overlap, registration, cut guides and physical print.

Paper sizes

Choose paper that matches your printer and stencil paper — commonly A4 and A3, portrait or landscape.

Split pages

Large pieces divide across pages with intentional overlap so you can tape a continuous stencil.

Overlap

Overlap is a shared band between pages — not a random gap. Keep it consistent across the set.

Registration marks & alignment tabs

Marks and paired tabs help pages meet on skin the way they met on screen.

Cut guides

Guides show where to trim without guessing into the artwork.

Verification

On-screen confidence is not the same as a measured physical print. Trust the ruler on paper.

Physical printing

Print at actual size / 100%. Turn Fit to Page off. If the OS scales the PDF, the tattoo scales too.

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