Edited: February 7, 2024
- Your Cricut machine type
- The maximum size material supported by your printer*
- The proportions of your specific project
If your printable project is too large for your machine or material size, when you select Make you will get an error that says "Image(s) Too Large." A warning icon will also appear in the Layers panel. Follow the steps below to Auto-Resize your printable image or select a different material size.
*Note: Print Then Cut supports many standard material sizes, but may not support all possible material sizes your printer can use. To know which material sizes are supported for your Cricut machine type, check Print Then Cut page size settings in the Design Space menu (steps included below).
Follow these steps to find the largest area your machine, printer, and project will allow.
- Make sure your machine selection on the Canvas is correct.
- Add your project to the Canvas, make sure it's set to Print Then Cut, and enlarge it until a small red warning shows in the Layers panel..
- Click on the warning icon, then select Change Page Size.
- Under Print Then Cut Page Size choose the largest material size that you know your printer can print on. For most printers this will be Letter size (8.5 in x 11 in / 27.9 cm x 21.6 cm) or A4 size (8.3 in x 11.7 in / 21 cm x 29.6 cm). Only the material sizes that are compatible with your machine selection will be listed.
- Close the Design Space Settings page. On the Canvas, click the red error in the layers panel again, and this time select Auto-Resize Image.
- Your project will now be at the maximum size for your specific printer, machine, and project.
If you’re trying to figure out how many stickers you can fit on a page, create a single sticker the size you would like, and click Make. On the Prepare page, increase the number of project copies and click Apply until you've filled a page with stickers. If needed, go back to the Canvas and adjust the size of your stickers to fit more on a page.
- In the Design Space menu, make sure your machine selection is correct.
- In the Design Space Menu, go to Settings > Print Then Cut Settings > Default Size. Choose the largest material size that you know your printer can print on. For most printers this will be Letter size (8.5 in x 11 in / 27.9 cm x 21.6 cm) or A4 size (8.3 in x 11.7 in / 21 cm x 29.6 cm). Only the material sizes that are compatible with your machine selection will be listed.
- Next, add your project to the Canvas, make sure it's set to Print Then Cut, and enlarge it until a small red warning shows in the Layers panel.
- Open the layers panel and tap on the red warning icon.
- Then tap Auto-Resize.
- Your project will now be at the maximum size for your specific printer, machine, and project.
If you’re trying to figure out how many stickers you can fit on a page, create a single sticker the size you would like, and click Make It. On the Mat Preview page, tap the mat icon at the top left.
Then, increase the number of project copies and click Done until you've filled a page with stickers. If needed, go back to the Canvas and adjust the size of your stickers to fit more on a page.
What if I don't want to print; I just want to cut?
When Design Space tells you that the Printable Image is too large, this means that the image you are trying to cut is set to Print Then Cut, but the image exceeds the Print Then Cut size limitations. If you do not wish to Print Then Cut, and would rather cut only, you can easily change your image's Operation from Print to Cut. Follow the instructions found here to change the image Operation type.
Note: Cut images do not retain any internal patterns or colors. When you change an image from a Print Then Cut image to a Cut image, internal patterns and colors will disappear.
If your image does not have the shape you wish it to have after changing it to a Cut image, upload the image again and proceed through the clean-up steps. This time, be sure to use the Preview option in the cleaning step. This option shows you the current cut paths of your uploaded image. You may need to erase some of the background or areas inside the image to achieve the desired shape and cut result.
When you have finished cleaning the image, proceed to the next screen and select Save as a Cut image before saving the image to your library.
Tip: Click here for more information about uploading images into Design Space.