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TIPS ON SUPPLYING ARTWORK

All supplied artwork must adhere to the following guidelines. If there are any changes to the art or if the art supplied needs to be worked on in any way by our staff, an additional hourly charge will be added to the order. (You will be notified on how much time and cost it will be, before any work is done.) Our custom artwork is also billed on an hourly rate.

The art you supply should be the actual size you wish printed. Our maximum printable area varies from item to item, so contact us about specifics.

ART FOR SCREEN PRINTING

When creating your artwork for textile printing it is good to keep in mind the limitations of textiles. Fine detail such as lines under 1pt. and halftone dots under 10% will not reproduce. You should expect a dot gain of 20% to 30%, so halftones of 60% or more will appear solid due to the space between the dots closing up.

Printing on dark garments has special considerations and will vary from job to job. Please contact us so we can help you maximize your artwork for printing on dark items.

ART FOR EMBROIDERY

Embroidery has limitations with fine detail and small text. You will have the best results if your text is clearly legible and your art is well defined and bold. Avoid images that have grayscales, such as photographs and gradients.

ART FOR PROMOTIONAL ITEMS

The same steps used for embroidery pertain to promotional items. Since most specialty items have small and difficult printing surfaces. (Example: Pens made of plastic.) Your art should be as simple as possible. There are however some product where higher detail is possible, so we can help recommend what would be best for your particular item.

ACCEPTED FILE FORMATS

We except the following file formats. (Adobe Illustrator CS, Freehand 10, Photoshop 7) If you are going to supply a Illustrator or Freehand document you should either convert all type to curves/outlines or supply all fonts used in your document. Supply all linked images with your document, such as .tif, .eps or .bmp files. If you are suppling a Photoshop document you should supply it at 300 resolution and at the size you want it printed. If you do not have your art in one of these formats, please contact us regarding how to supply a hard copy image that we can work from.

GETTING YOUR ARTWORK TO US

All art can be uploaded to our site, or emailed to our art department at clint@clothesline.net. If you are emailing your art, please compress all of the pertinent files into either a Stuffit file or a Zip file before sending it. If your files are more than 5mb, do not email them. Supply all files over 5mb to us via upload or on removable storage such as a 100mb Zip disk or a compact disc.