Your Digital Mockup Is Not a Print-Ready File
AI has made it incredibly easy to visualize your packaging.
Describe your idea, click a button and — boom — you've got a pretty convincing picture of your pouch.
There's just one problem.
We can't print from it.
This Is a Mockup
A digital mockup, AI-generated image or product rendering is a picture of what you want your finished pouch to look like.
It's great for:
- Visualizing your idea
- Exploring colors and concepts
- Sharing your vision with a designer
- Showing us what you're trying to create
But it isn't the artwork file that goes to press.
Looks like a pouch. Isn't a print file.
Why Can't You Just Print This?
Because a printer needs more than a picture of the finished package.
Your artwork needs to be built on the correct pouch template (dieline) with the actual graphics, text and other elements positioned correctly for production.
A flattened JPG, screenshot or AI rendering doesn't contain everything we need to manufacture what's pictured.
Think of it this way:
The mockup shows us the destination.
The press-ready artwork tells our equipment how to get there.
What Does Print-Ready Artwork Look Like?
This is where you can show the actual dieline/artwork example you're supplying.
This is what we're looking for.
Already have a designer? Send them our dieline and artwork requirements.
Need help turning your idea or mockup into something we can actually print? We can help with that too.
