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When supplying artwork for screen printing, there are number of factors that
have to be considered.
There are several different file types available, but for silk screen printing
only a certain number of these can be used.
All artwork supplied must be converted to “outlines” before sending, to ensure
all parts of the artwork are fully selectable (See tutorial below for more
information).
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| Illustrator EPS |
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This is the most favourable file format for artwork submission. |
| Adobe acrobat PDF |
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This format is also acceptable. |
| Coral draw |
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This file format can often be used, but can sometimes lead to redraw problems
when converting to EPS.
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| Jpeg |
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This file type is unacceptable as artwork. We refer to this as a placed or
scanned image. |
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1. Artwork received
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2. Each colour converted to black
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| 3. “Physical film” created from image setter |
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4. “Physical film” used to create screen for printing.
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| 5. “Screen” loaded into print machine, coloured inks added one “screen” at
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Placed images and outlines
There are two different ways in which artwork can be presented.
A placed or scanned image is likened to a photograph, where the whole image can
only be selected as a whole.
To be successfully used as print artwork we require the file to be saved in
“outlines”.
“Outlined” artwork is where every individual part of the artwork can be
selected, and edited.
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| Placed image Example |
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Here you can see a blue line around the whole logo.
This means that each individual colour cannot be selected, and so cannot be
changed to black for the screen making process.
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| Outlined artwork |
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Here you can see a blue line around every part of the logo.
This means each part of the logo can be selected, and their individual colours
changed to black for the screen making process.
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| Fonts |
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When supplying artwork with a specific font requirement, sometimes we will not
have the relevant font installed on our systems.
To counteract this problem, please follow one of these two steps.
1. Send fonts as “outlines”. This will change the text in to a drawn image and
ensure that the text is viewed as intended on any system.
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2. Send the requested font with a “true type font file” so we can install the
required typeface.
With the application of this knowledge we hope to ultimately speed up our
service to you.
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