Here are some guidelines to help with sending files to Us for printing purposes.

 

1. All Pixel based files should be at least 300 dpi and at the print size you want it to be on the shirt. (Pixel based programs are Photoshop and Painter, to name the most popular.)

2. All Vector based files (ie: Illustrator, Corel, Freehand ) should have all fonts created to outlines.

3. At all cost do not send JPEGS **(if the file source was a JPEG then don't worry about saving it as something else. Go ahead and send it as a JPEG). Or see if you can track down the original file. Maybe it was a Vector based file from the begining. This will help Us.

4. To save a file as a EPS if it was a JPEG or some other pixel based file does not magicaly transform this file to a vector based file. So don't worry about taking a JPEG and importing it into Power Point, Illustrator, Publisher or other programs. You can not upsize files and still retain high res quality. But you can always reduce files. That is why it is always better to make a file higher in dpi for the get go.

 

5. If you are creating the art or having it created for you here are some key things to make sure of.

a. Turn Anti-aliased off. Although it looks smooth on the screen of your computer. It makes it hard to extract the colors from the file.

b. If you are making the art in Photoshop and using layers keep as many different layers active. This way we can extract all the elements separately of the file. This makes it easier for us to separate into channels. (which is how we output the film)

c. If you build the art in channels make the solidity of each channel about 50%. This will help you see the blends of the ink on top of each other (will give you a better representation of how it will react on the press.)

d. If you need to resize images in Photoshop turn resample to Nearest Neighbor. ( this will not allow photoshop to anti-aliase the selection or file) click here for sample.