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1. Any design that is printed on paper can be printed on a shirt.
2. We can work with any printed, hand-drawn design, or digital design.
3. Maximum print size is 12x15 in. for SCREENPRINTING Maximum Print size for Digital printing is 14x16 in. 4. Digital designs MUST be submitted in 300 PIXELS/INCH at the FULL SIZE of the PRINT.
5. The ideal filetypes are Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign files. We also accept files in . EPS.JPEG, PSD, .PFD, .BMP, .TIFF, .PNG. Word documents are not acceptable for screenprinting.
If you do not have a program to do this, then DOWNLOAD GIMPSHOP
It is essentially the free version of adobe photoshop, and with a little practice will allow you to create really nice graphics.
6. ALL TEXT MUST BE ACCOMPAIED BY TRUE TYPE FONTS or else FLATTENED.
7. All artwork must be submitted in SOLID COLORS. NO SHADING—any fades/shades must be halftoned—no smaller than 4 pix @300 res. Lines smaller than 1/16 in. may be washed out.
8. All submitted artwork may be modified to fit guidelines.
9. Any extensive graphics work may be charged $25/hr.
MORE DETAIL
We can create artwork based on your ideas or sketches. You can also submit your own designs for us to produce. See the list here of some of our more popular fonts. Please refer to these when placing your order unless you will be submitting your own font (read below).
If you provide hand drawn art please make it black and white outlines only. If needed provide an additional color copy. We can accept artwork created by a variety of artwork programs and in several image file formats. To save you time and effort it is very important that you read below and speak with our art department before creating any artwork via computer for submission.
All designs will become the property of instashirt.com and will not be mailed back with your order. lowballtees.com reserves the right to display artwork of orders in our portfolio for the purposes of advertising. We charge $25/hour for graphic work.
Submission of Electronic Artwork Files
Accepted File Types:
PC format Preferred. Call for exact specifics if not covered here.
We accept PSD, PDF, JPG, or TIFF files. The file must be able to be opened by Adobe Photoshop, and be 300dpi or greater. Send your file to along with the sizes, colors and styles of shirt (or shirts) you wish to order. You will receive a email PROOF of your design(s), a purchase order, and a paypal invoice requesting funds. Your shirts will be printed as soon as is we receive confirmation of payment.
When stealing images from the web
JPG'S and GIF'S are the 2 main types of web page image formats. It is not possible for anyone to reproduce these web based images exactly. On a computer monitor these images appear crisp and clean, however, when they are enlarged for printing the end result is lousy looking, bumpy, dotted and pixilated image.
Sending file types on disk, through e-mail or FTP:
Contact us to find out how to send your artwork electronically. If you are sending more than one file, please send multiple email messages with only one file attached at a time.
Artwork may be sent via the US post office THOUGH UPS, FED EX or DHL is recommended. We only accept CD ROMs.
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