T-Shirt Artwork Guide
Once you have placed your order you can upload your print ready artwork.
If you require white print please create a spot colour named PANTONE White. Use this colour for any elements which are to be printed white and ensure you place your artwork on a coloured background using the same colour as the T-shirt you are having printed. Please note we only require a coloured background if you are printing PANTONE White.
How to set up artwork for Basic T-Shirts
- Use colours from the Pantone® Coated Library only (no CMYK, RGB or unnamed spots)*
- You can include a maximum of 4 Pantone® (spot) colours in your design, as 100% colours. Please note, gradients and percentages of a colour cannot be reproduced using this print process
- Please ensure colours do not overlap in your design
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- We recommend you create your artwork in Adobe InDesign or Adobe Illustrator, and supply your file as a print-ready PDF, saved under PDF profile PDF/X-1a:2001. Please submit your files as 1 layer without transparencies
- Outline or embed fonts
- Please ensure the design is fully vectorised and does not use bitmap images
- Submit your files without cut marks or printer marks
- For optimal printing, we recommend lines should be at least 1.5pt and text should be at least size 14pt. For light and decorative lettering, we recommend a font size of at least 28pt
- Your design should be supplied at the same size as the printable area, without a bleed
- These T-Shirts can be printed on the left chest, front and back:
- Back Centre (30x35cm)
- Front And Back Centre (30x35cm) (30x35cm)
- Front Centre (30x35cm)
- Front Left (10x10cm)
- Front Left And Back Centre (10x10cm) (30x35cm)
- These T-Shirts can be printed on the left chest, front and back:
Technical Instruction
- The printable area is the same size your design needs to be supplied - no bleed is required
- Please submit your files without cut marks or printer marks
- You can include a maximum of 4 Pantone® (spot) colours in your design, as 100% colours:
- 1/0 PMS, 2/0 PMS, 3/0 PMS and 4/0 PMS
- Gradients and percentages of a colour cannot be reproduced using this print process.
- Please ensure that no colours in your design are overlapping as this can not be accepted.
- This technique is not suitable for designs in CMYK, RGB or unnamed spot colours (e.g. companygreen, companyblue)
- Please ensure that the design is fully vectorised and does not use bitmap images
- For an optimal result, the lines should not be thinner than size 1.5pt and text should be at least size 14pt
- When using light and decorative lettering, the font size should be at least 28pt.
Download our artwork templates from the product page to assist with setting up your artwork.