Ordering Procedure

#1) Choice is made what item is needed
#2) Write the item number down with color of item
#3) Chose your artwork
#3A) What is Artwork?

Artwork is the term screen printers use to define ANY type of design that you want us to print. Whether the design is just text on a shirt, a company logo, a fashion design, a sketch on a drawing pad, etc, in printing terms, it's called "Artwork".

Before we create the films and screens for your screen printing order, or the digitizing files for your embroidery order, we need to put your design in our computers.

Most of the time, you can send us the artwork file that you have on your computer via email. Below we list the various file formats that we accept as well as some guidelines to make sure you're sending the highest quality file possible to get the best quality printing.

If you can supply your artwork in any of our preferred formats, there are NO art charges!

Preferred File Formats:
VECTOR ARTWORK (Preferred #1)

Adobe Illustrator CS3 or earlier (.AI, EPS, .ART, .WEF, etc)
CorelDraw Version X3 or earlier (.CDR)
Adobe Acrobat (.PDF)
Other vector formats may be acceptable. Please contact us to check.

RASTER ARTWORK in HIGH RESOLUTION(Preferred #2) :

Adobe Photoshop version CS3 or earlier (.TIF, .BMP. .GIF, .JPG, .PSD, .EPS, .PNG)
Paint Shop Pro version XL or earlier (.PSP, .PNG, .TIF, etc)
Other raster formats may be acceptable. Please contact us to check.


IMPORTANT NOTE: All raster/bitmap artwork should be 200 DPI at the size you want it printed. Graphics pulled from the web at screen resolution (72 DPI) do not work well for high quality printing.

HAND DRAWN ARTWORK, LOW RESOLUTION FILES, or "IDEAS" : The following artwork formats require art charges of $65 per hour:
(with a minimum of $45)

We can work from your design "idea" and have our art department put together an original design to use for your business, clothing line, band, etc. Read more about our design services.

We can also accept hand drawn artwork sent through the mail. We usually scan these hand drawn images into our computers at a high resolution to get them "print ready". We send you a proof via email before we print any graphics.

If you have a low resolution file, business card, or web graphic, our art department can usually redraw the image into a higher resolution vector file to get it print ready. Again, we always send you a proof of the finished design for you to approve before we ever print your job.

Please note: that we can only begin working on artwork once we have your Graphic or screen printing or embroidery order in our system. All artwork must be accompanied by at least a graphic order. Once you place your order, our art department will contact you with proofs for your job via email. You will have access by phone and email should you have any questions or revisions.

#4) After artwork is ready the customer will be sent a proof , it must be checked for any errors , THE PROOF IS THE BIBLE

#5) If no errors are seen CUSTOMER NOTIFIES US IN WRITING OR INITIALS PROOF AND RETURNS IT

#6) After steps 1-5 have been been completed , your job is placed next in line for printing