How we test prints

A printable only gets recommended on this site after it has survived a real print run. This page describes exactly what that means, so you can hold us to it.

What does "test printed" actually mean?

Before a printable appears in a guide, we download the actual files a buyer would receive and print them the way a buyer would: at home on a consumer inkjet, and through an online print service on standard poster paper. We check the file resolution at the largest size the seller claims to support, look for banding, muddy shadows and off-white backgrounds, and confirm the aspect ratios in the listing actually exist in the download.

What gets a printable rejected?

The most common failures are upscaled files that fall apart above A3, "5 sizes included" listings where half the sizes are crops that ruin the composition, and colors that look great on a screen but print dull. If a file fails at the size a room needs, it does not get recommended for that room — even if it is beautiful at A4.

Who pays for the test prints?

We do. Sellers do not send us free files, do not pay for placement, and do not see guides before publication. Some links on this site do go to the Linoraprint Etsy shop, which is operated by the same company that runs this site — that relationship is disclosed plainly in every guide that contains such a link, and those printables go through the same print testing as everything else.

What about the room photos?

Interior imagery on this site is AI-generated visualization, used to show scale and styling in believable rooms. We label it as such — see theeditorial policy for the full disclosure.