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Am currently working on a business card template, with size 3.5 inches and 2 inches, yet when am saving the psd as jpg or png, it is saving in pixels, and when I open the image to print, it prints the whole A4 paper. How can I get to print it as a real business card size?

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A few practical checks and a simple workflow that avoid relying on viewer scaling or app quirks (building on the thread started by and the pointer from ).

Start with the right document size and resolution. For a 3.5 x 2 in card design set the canvas to inches and 300 ppi so the file is 1050 x 600 px. Add bleed (commonly 1/8 in each side) by making the canvas 3.75 x 2.25 in -> 1125 x 675 px, and place guides for trim and a safe text margin (keep important elements at least 1/8 in inside the trim).

Export with print in mind. Produce a print-ready PDF (PDF/X) or a high-quality TIFF using a CMYK profile your printer requests; these preserve exact physical size, bleeds and crop marks. If the shop insists on a raster like JPEG, export at maximum quality and 300 ppi. Avoid screen-optimized exports that downsample resolution.

When printing, disable any “fit to page” or auto-scale in the print dialog and choose 100% / Actual Size. For sheet printing, make an A4 or Letter layout at 300 ppi (A4 = 8.27 x 11.69 in -> 2481 x 3507 px) and tile cards with crop marks — you typically get ten 3.5 x 2 cards per sheet (2 across x 5 down). Final checks: convert or proof in CMYK to preview color shifts, embed fonts or outline them (or send PDF with fonts), and keep the layered PSD as your master for edits.

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'Save for Web & Devices'? Not sure if that is what you mean, but that should fix your 'pixel'-problem..

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'Save for Web & Devices'? Not sure if that is what you mean, but that should fix your 'pixel'-problem..

thanks, however the problem was with my photoshop itself it seemed, and after updating it to the latest version, it's working fine

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