Art Specs

For all orders artwork must be supplied according to the following specifications. If you can not supply artwork to our specifications let our experienced art staff save you time and money by doing it right the first time. We bill at the rate of $50.00/hour for our art department to make any necessary corrections.

We use PCs. The software programs CorelDRAW (.cdr), Illustrator (.ai) and Adobe Photoshop (.psd) are our primary graphics programs. All other graphics must be saved in EPS or TIFF format. When sending files be sure the image is in high resolution (300 dpi or better). Web art is not suitable for printing because it is saved in RGB color and low resolution (72 dpi).

Screen Printing Art Specs

If you are sending art to be used for screen printing, we prefer vector based type files. These are files that have been created in programs like Adobe Illustrator and are usually saved out as an EPS. file. Make sure to convert all texts to OUTLINES, as this will eliminate having to send us any font files. Simply selecting the text and choosing the "create outlines" selection under the "type" menu can do this. It is very important that you do this, as we may not have your fonts on any of our computer. If you are using another graphics program, please make sure all fonts are converted to "curves" or "outlines". Be careful when sending camera ready artwork that includes half one screens- screen rulings suitable for offset (paper & magazine) printing is usually unsuitable for screen printing. If sending half tone images, keep in mind our maximum lines per inch (lpi) capability for printing on garments is 55 lines per inch.

Camera Ready Art

Bitmap (.tiff or .psd files) artwork for screen printing on garments should be saved at 300 dpi. Ideally, the art will be saved precisely sized to the imprint area specifications of the item that will be imprinted. Black and white line art should be scanned at least at 600 dpi. Line art drawings are best if sent to us in vector format. (CorelDRAW, Adobe Illustrator or Adobe .psd formats).

Embroidery Art Specs

Acceptable exported file formats include eps, gif, jpeg or bmp at any resolution, but the higher the better. Any and all fonts and attachments must be included with every file type, or all fonts must be turned o paths/ Images taken from web sites are acceptable for creating digitized embroidery files, so long as they are large enough to see clearly.

Paper copies of logos or designs can be used but should be presented at the highest resolution possible, and in color format. Letterhead is an acceptable option (more so than business cards, because typically the logos on business cards are small and printed on textured paper). We can also use black and white line art as the tracing pattern, so long as any color breaks required are designated in some way.

The bigger and cleaner the provided art, the easier it is to digitize and the more accurate the final result. Color breaks must be made apparent on this artwork, so that these color breaks can be built into the digitized file.