Artwork Guidlines

Embroidery

High resolution JPG, PNG, TIF, EPS, AI

All files types are accepted as long as the resolution is high quality. For all first time customers there is a £15.00 fee for logos or graphics to be converted into a embroidery format (digitising), this is a one off fee and your embroidered artwork will be held on file for future orders. Embroidery text is setup free of charge.

However, if you order is over £100, you get FREE EMBROIDERY SETUP and FREE DELIVERY.

If you have any questions or would like a quote based on your logo, then please contact us on 0800 122 3736, or email us using the Get a Quote button, which also allows you to attach your logo or design.

For any orders over £100, we now offer FREE LOGO SETUP.

Screen Printing

Vector AI files and EPS files

Vector Illustrator and EPS files are the preferred files types. It’s easy to differentiate between vectors and other formats. If you zoom into a vector, you will see no jagged edges or distortion. If you zoom into a bitmap, the image and edges will become blocky.

Don’t create a bitmap file and then save it as a AI or EPS file – it’s still a bitmap and would be unusable unless we re-draw it for a fee.

Direct to Film transfer

EPS and AI are best as they can be scaled. PNG files are the best bitmap files.

Vector Illustrator and EPS files are the preferred files types. It’s easy to differentiate between vectors and other formats. If you zoom into a vector, you will see no jagged edges or distortion. If you zoom into a bitmap, the image and edges will become blocky.

Don’t create a bitmap file and then save it as a AI or EPS file – it’s still a bitmap and would be unusable unless we re-draw it for a fee.

Spot Colours

All colours should be converted to spot colours. Within Illustrator and other packages, individual colours can be selected and changed to their Pantone equivelants. Please refer to the software documentation, or browse the Internet for more details. When we screenprint, we first print one colour, then print a second colour, etc. This is the reason why we need colour separated files. We can then easily print out the files in colour separation.

Embedding Fonts And Converting Fonts To Paths (Or Curves)

If your logo has any fonts / typefaces, then these MUST be converted to paths (or converted to curves – depending on your software package). This simply means that the font is converted to a graphic object and cannot be changed. If this is not done, then when we receive the file and don’t have the equivelant font, we won’t be able to match your artwork.

Adobe PDF Files

PDFs must be created from vector files and maintain edit capabilities.

Don’t create a bitmap file and then save it as a PDF file – it’s still a bitmap and would be unusable and would be liable for a re-draw fee.