{"id":253,"title":"How To Prepare Artwork For Screenprinting | T-shirt Printing","description":"A step-by-step guide on getting your artwork ready for screenprinting, and the difference between vector and raster artwork.","content":"

Preparing artwork for <\/span>screen printing<\/u><\/span><\/a> is a crucial step in bringing your designs to life. It ensures that your design is translated accurately onto your chosen canvas, whether it's a vibrant T-shirt or a versatile tote, the quality and impact of your final product hinge on this initial stage.<\/span><\/p>

At Teemill, our printing dimensions are 29cm x 38cm for adults' clothing and 26cm x 27cm for totes and children's clothing. We custom-mix inks to match your Pantone colours, applying each colour separately. Keep in mind that more colours mean more setup time and higher costs. While we can print up to six colours on both sides of a product, we recommend a single-colour front print.<\/span><\/p>

Double the prints means double the time, and smart buyers know that people look at other people - and products - front on. That\u2019s why timeless tees from I Heart NY to Choose Love are front-print only.<\/p>

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To screenprint your order, we need a high quality design file and we specifically request \"vector\" artwork.<\/p>

Vector artwork is created in programs like Adobe Illustrator, and this type of artwork is compatible with AI, EPS , SVG or PDF files. A great way to find out if your artwork is in vector or raster format is to zoom right in by around 500 to 800%. If the edges in the image go blurry you've got a raster image which is too low res for screen printing.<\/p>

Most people will be familiar with raster art, even if they don't recognise the name. Raster is made from pixels in a program like MS paint, and are compatible with JPEG and PNG files. We use PNG artwork for digital printing but vectors are needed for screen printing as they don't pixelate and the print will be sharp.<\/p>

Designs saved in PNG, JPEG and PSD are for raster images, which are too low resolution for our team to use. If you can zoom in and see pixels, you will visibly see pixels on the t-shirt when the design is printed, not a good look.
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