IF YOU ARE USING CHATGPT TO CREATE YOUR DESIGN, PLEASE READ THIS PAGE CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING. MOST DESIGNS BY CHATGPT WILL NEED TO BE CORRECTED BY US BEFORE THEY CAN BE PRINTED. THIS WILL ADD TO YOUR PRICE.
--- IF USING CANVA, PLEASE CREATE A CUSTOM SIZE BASED ON THE MEASUREMENTS BELOW. IT IS BEST TO SHARE THE ARTWORK WITH US SO WE CAN DOWNLOAD IT IN THE BEST FORMAT POSSIBLE FOR THE SCREEN PRINTER. THIS OCCASIONALLY MEANS MAKING A COPY TO SEPARATE ELEMENTS TO GET THE BEST PRINT. TO DO THIS, CLICK THE SHARE BUTTON AND UNDER "PEOPLE WITH ACCESS" ADD NIKKIAE14@YAHOO.COM AND MAKE SURE EDIT IS CHECKED BEFORE ADDING. WE WON'T CHANGE YOUR ARTWORK, THIS IS SO WE CAN MAKE A COPY IF NEEDED. ---
Your art board should be setup as 15" wide x 22" tall if the artwork is going to be as large as possible on the apparel and 4" wide but no taller than 3" tall if you are doing a pocket area or sleeve.
For screen printed apparel, the maximum amount of colors per side is 7. Anything with more that seven colors will need to be printed digitally and will be more expensive. If your design will be screen printed, please use spot colors(Pantone or Hex) otherwise, we will match the color as close as possible.
Keep in mind that fine or small details may not be printable, or may not print as expected. We will inform you if an area of your artwork will not print well.
For successful screen printing, the best format for artwork is vector. We suggest Adobe Illustrator. Always change your text to outlines before sending the file.
If using Adobe Photoshop, place each color on a separate layer, do not merge layers - and send the font files that you used in the design. Make sure your artwork is the size you want it to be on the shirt and is 300dpi.
(If the files are too big to email, we suggest using Dropbox)
For imprints of color photos or complicated designs that use gradients, halftones and shadows, a digital print may be necessary.
Other file formats can be acceptable depending on the design, as long as the artwork is at least 300dpi at the size you want it printed. Artwork from the internet is 72dp, which does not produce a print quality resolution.
The maximum size for screen printing on the front and back of a standard adult shirt is 15" wide and 20" high, depending on the shirt you are ordering. For other locations, such as sleeves, or other apparel, call for dimensions.
If possible, send mockups to show your preference for the size and placement of the artwork, as well as the artwork on it's own. Unless a background is part of the design, please send the artwork with no backgrounds.
To add names to the back of your shirt, please send us an excel or word document with the names and the size of the person's shirt. (Please check the spelling of each name, we do not check name lists for errors. They are sent directly to the screen printer.)
When embroidering, as long as your image is at 300dpi, at the final size, any of the popular file formats are acceptable. Keep in mind that gradients and complicated designs will have to be altered to be embroidered. Small text will have to be enlarged, depending on the size.
If you are just embroidering text on your shirt, click here to see standard fonts that are available. If you want fonts other than these, please send us your text in that font in one of the file formats above. You will need to send the font file as well.
To add names and/or positions to your shirt, please send us an excel or word document with the names and/or positions and the size of the person's shirt. (Please check the spelling of each name and/or position, we do not check name lists for errors. They are sent directly to the embroiderer.)
IF YOU ARE USING CHATGPT TO CREATE YOUR DESIGN, PLEASE READ THIS PAGE CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING. MOST DESIGNS BY CHATGPT WILL NEED TO BE CORRECTED BY US BEFORE THEY CAN BE PRINTED. THIS WILL ADD TO YOUR PRICE.
--- IF YOU USE CANVA TO CREATE YOUR DESIGN, MAKE SURE YOU USE THE EXACT DIMENSIONS THE PRINTER NEEDS FOR THE PROJECT AND DOWNLOAD A PDF PRINT. UNLESS YOU HAVE PAID FOR THE PRO VERSION, THE OTHER DOWNLOAD FORMATS ARE NOT PRINT QUALITY. YOU MAY NEED TO SHARE YOUR DESIGN WITH US SO WE CAN SAVE IT IN THE FORMAT WE NEED TO GIVE YOU A HIGH QUALITY RESULT. TO DO THIS, CLICK THE SHARE BUTTON AND UNDER PEOPLE WITH ACCESS ADD NIKKIAE14@YAHOO.COM ---
For any printing job you are going to undertake, the printing specifications are very important. Whether you print with us or another company, if you are going to create the artwork yourself follow the guidelines below to ensure that everything will print perfectly:
1. Always ask the printer for a template or the exact dimensions of the document or imprint area and any other measurements that you may need to know.
2. Make sure you are using a program or file format that the printing company uses - the most popular are:
Most printing companies or advertising agencies use Macintosh computers - always ask about compatibility.
3. Artwork taken from the internet IS NOT print quality. Any image copied from the web is set at 72dpi(resolution) - print quality has to be no less than 300dpi(resolution) unless the printer has said otherwise. Taking an image from the internet and enlarging it or increasing the dpi in an imaging program will not solve the problem - in fact it will make the quality of the image worse.
Before you start creating your design, set your file to 300dpi(resolution). In Photoshop, when you create a new document it will ask you to set this up along with the size of your document. Illustrator is automatically set at 800dpi.
4. Always provide the printer with every component of your artwork - fonts, images, specific colors. Providing the original file with all the layers(Photoshop, Illustrator...)is the best option, if possible. This will keep problems to a minimum because if something happens, your project isn't held up because the printer needs to get in touch with you. Most of the time, the problem can be solved if all components have been provided.
5. Printing is always done in CMYK (this stands for the 4 colors used to create all printed colors.) Before you save the file for the printer, convert your document to CMYK because colors do change from RGB(screen colors) to CMYK. This way you won't be surprised by darker colors that you weren't expecting. TIP: Always save your document with all the layers and then save a seperate file with it flattened - just in case changes need to be made.
6. If providing only a press ready .PDF, save it as a "Press Quality" file or higher. Quality of the final printed product cannot be guaranteed if the artwork was created by someone who is not a graphic design professional. Please follow all instructions above and provide all original files along with the print ready .PDF to ensure high quality of the final printed product.
7. When in doubt about any part of the creative process - CONTACT THE ART DEPARTMENT OF THE PRINTER OR DESIGN AGENCY TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE DOING EVERYTHING CORRECTLY. This will cut down on the cost of your project by eliminating costly errors that will need to be corrected. If we are printing this for you, click here to contact our art department.