Art Submission Guide

Most artwork requires adjustments before it’s ready for screen printing—and in some cases, it may need to be recreated.

Following these guidelines helps avoid additional art charges and extended turnaround times.

Submitting Art Files

Our in-house art team works primarily in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.

  • Vector files (AI, EPS, PDF) are preferred
  • Photoshop files (PSD) are acceptable if vector is not available
  • Please provide digital files for all orders

  • Convert all fonts to outlines (paths) to prevent font issues
  • Include or embed any linked images
  • Missing fonts may be replaced unless the font file is provided

Quick Tip

  • Logos & graphics → Vector files
  • Photos → High-resolution raster (300 DPI)

By Print Method

  • Vector artwork is preferred for best results
  • Raster files are accepted if they are high-resolution (300 DPI at full size)
  • Low-resolution images will result in poor print quality
  • Increasing DPI on a low-quality image will not improve quality
  • Images copied from websites are usually too low quality and may be copyrighted

  • Vector files are preferred
  • Raster files are accepted, but may require adjustments

Tool Setups

  1. Before creating your artwork in Photoshop, set your file to RGB color mode.
  2. Ensure your file is at least 300 DPI.
  3. Setting these correctly before starting your design prevents blurry images and jagged edges on fonts when resizing later.

  1. When designing artwork in Adobe Illustrator, set your file to the final print size.
  2. Illustrator can convert raster artwork into vector if needed.
  3. Raster artwork (from Photoshop or similar) usually needs to be separated into four process colors or simulated process color before printing the films for each screen.

Common Mistakes

The most common error people make when submitting a design to a screen printer is not converting the fonts into outlines.

This means converting your editable text into shapes, this will save your printer time, otherwise, they will need to find the exact font then download it and load it into your design.

*Keep in mind that once a font is converted into shapes, you cannot edit your text.*

Low-resolution images causes blurry or pixelated prints.

Using raster files for logos/illustrations – these should be vectors.

Not including bleed/margins – important for edge-to-edge prints.