SCREEN PRINTING

GUIDES & INFORMATION

There’s a lot of details in a custom t-shirt order that can be hard to remember. To help you help us, we made these guides here.

Here’s a list of guides you’ll find on this page:

  • Standard Print Sizing

  • Artwork Color Count

  • Common Print Orders

OUR MOCKUP TEMPLATE

The nitty gritty details of your order. Before we can print, we need all the info included on this example mockup. Here’s a list below -

1 - ITEM DETAILS

  • Item Brand

  • Item Style Name & Number

  • Item Color

  • Quantities Per Size

    • ALL ORDERS MUST MEET A MINIMUM ORDER QUANTITY. M.O.Q’s VARY BASED ON PRINT REQUEST. LEARN MORE HERE

2 - Print Details

  • FINALIZED ARTWORK

  • Print Locations

    • Scroll down to see all print options

  • PRINT SIZE

    • Scroll down for our standard print sizes

  • INK COLORS

    • We have a stock color list or can color match using Pantone Solid Coated Color Book

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CLICK THIS LINK HERE TO DOWNLOAD OUR TEMPLATE (A LIST OF STANDARD PRINT SIZES & MORE IS INCLUDED IN THE FILE)

OUR STANDARD PRINT SIZES

CLICK ON THE IMAGES TO EXPAND

Front PRINTS

  • Standard Size: 12” Inch Width or Height (Scale Art Proportionately)

  • Standard Front Circle: 11” Inch Diameter

  • Max Size: 15” x 17”

  • Normally 3” to 4” below Front Collar

Left CHest Print

  • Standard Size: 2.5” Inch Width or Height (Scale Art Proportionately)

  • Oversized Print: 4” to 4.5” Width or Height

  • Placed 4” Below Front Collar

  • Center of Art aligned with Left Collar

Full BACK PRINT

  • Standard Size: 12” Inch Width or Height (Scale Art Proportionately)

  • Standard Back Circle: 11” Inch Diameter

  • Max Size: 15” x 17”

  • Normally 3” Below Back Collar

BACK NAPE PRINT

  • Standard Size: 2” Inch Width or Height (Scale Art Proportionately)

  • Oversized Print: 4” to 4.5” Width or Height

  • Placed 3” Below Back Collar, Above Shoulder Line

  • Placed Center of Back

COLOR COUNT

HOW MANY COLORS DOES YOUR ARTWORK ACTUALLY HAVE? Or Need? (probably less than you think)

1 Color

  • Use Cases

    • Lowest Price Print

    • Often best in White or Black

    • LOGO TEES!!!!!

    • Halftone Images with a “vintage vibe”

2 colors

Use Cases

  • Cost Effective

  • Simplified Photos

  • Simple Designs - 2 Color Logos, Text with Outlines or Drop-shadows

  • You can do way more with 2 colors than you realize

3 colors

Use Cases

  • Great Amount of Detail

  • Extra layer of “depth” & color contrast

  • Details + a highlight color

4 colors +

Use Cases

  • Complex Designs

  • 4 Color Process Print (Realistic Images)

  • Color Heavy Illustrations

*** We can print a maximum of 8 colors ***

COLOR MATCHING

COLOR MATCHING

OUR STOCK COLOR LIST

The part that should be the easiest…but which shade of grey do you pick? We’ve made this color book to help you pick colors that most closely match your work.

DOWNLOAD OUR STOCK COLOR LIST

PANTONE COLOR MATCHING

We do offer color matching services. We use PANTONE SOLID COATED Color book for all of our color references. Grab a Pantone book and get to matching.

  • CUSTOM COLOR INKS WILL BE CHARGED A $60 FEE

PANTONE SOLID COATED SWATCH BOOK

SCREEN-PRINTING RESTRICTIONS

Screen-Printing has limitations as to what is realistically possible and also what looks best. We’ll do our best to make recommendations so your artwork looks as good as possible. Select a dropdown to read about design limitations for embroidery.

    • Minimum stroke thickness: 1 mm

    • Sans serif fonts: 4.7 mm minimum height

    • Serif fonts: 6.35 mm minimum

    • Script fonts: 6 mm minimum

    • Negative spaces must be at least 2 pts

    • Text must be at least 0.18" tall to remain legible

    • Very small taglines often need to be enlarged or removed

    • Ultra-thin lines cannot be recreated in thread

    • They will appear thicker or merge together

    • Outlines on lettering under 0.75" tall do not stitch cleanly

    • Small outlined fonts usually become muddy or unreadable

    • Very detailed artwork can’t be shrunk down without losing clarity

    • Details may require simplification at small sizes (like hat side placements)

    • Smooth fades and gradient effects cannot be embroidered at small scales

    • These areas will be converted to solid colors

    • Embroidery cannot capture true photo-quality detail

    • Expect a stylized, stitched interpretation—not a printed look