Custom Screen Specifications and Artwork Guides

If you're thinking about ordering a custom screen with us, we need your artwork to the specifications laid out in this blog post. 

First, these are the technical specifications we require

 

Next, page sizes and artwork sizes

Your artwork needs to be sized correctly for the screen you are ordering, as outlined below. In design programmes, the 'Page Size' is sometimes called 'Artboard Size' or 'Document Size' and can usually be edited by finding the 'Page Settings' or 'Document Settings'.

Screen Size	Page Size / Artboard Size	Max Artwork Size*
32cm x 32cm	21cm wide x 29.7cm high	19cm wide x 19cm high
A4	21cm wide x 29.7cm high	19cm wide x 27.7cm high
A3	29.7cm wide x 42cm high	27.7cm wide x 40cm high
A3+	33cm wide x 48.3cm high	31cm wide x 46.3cm high
A2	42cm wide x 59.4cm high	40cm wide x 57.4cm high

 

*If your artwork is very close to the max artwork size, we would recommend choosing the next screen up instead. Allowing a bit of 'breathing room' around your artwork will help you maintain better squeegee pressure, and provide a better print. 

Within the page size, please leave a clearance of at least 1cm within the page size, all around the edge. This is already reflected in the max artwork size specified above. This gap is to enable us to produce your film positive. Our downloadable templates at the bottom of this page can help you with this.

 

Finally, some design considerations

Your artwork needs to be designed with the following in mind:

• It must be black and white with no greys or colours. Please make sure that your design is true black (#00000).
• What is black will print, so design it exactly how you want it printed. 
• You don't need to invert the colour of your design, or mirror reverse the image.
• Any text in your design needs to be rasterized or vectored.
• Your file needs to be portrait format. You may need to lay your artwork on the portrait page at a 90° angle
• For more information about making hand drawn artwork ready for a screen, please read this blog post. 
• If you would like to discuss half-toned images, please email us - we are able to turn your greyscale images into a halftone image suitable for screen printing. If you want to try and create a halftone yourself, you can use this blog post to help. 
• Artwork with small details may not suitable for fabric printing, please email us to discuss. This blog post also explains on how detailed you can go with your artwork. 

 

Artwork Templates

If you're unsure about the size of your artwork, we've prepared a few templates to help you. You can use these when you're making your artwork, or getting it ready for screens.

32cm x 32cm - Photoshop File / PDF / JPG

A4 - Photoshop File / PDF / JPG

A3 - Photoshop File / PDF / JPG

A3+ - Photoshop File / PDF / JPG

A2 - Photoshop File / PDF / JPG