What Is 'Print Ready' Artwork? Setup Your Files For Printing T-Shirts + More

Quality artwork is the first step to achieving perfect printed results every time, regardless of if you're printing t-shirts, banners, postcards or even stickers. Ensure your files are correctly setup to avoid any delays with your order or in some cases, even artwork fees.

So in this video, we're covering everything about Print-ready artwork! More specifically, what exactly “print ready” means in terms of your digital files for printing... This includes things like:

📌 Artwork size
Is Your file set to the correct dimensions?

📌 Proper Resolution
Is your artwork 300 DPI or greater? (If raster / bitmap)

📌 Color Modes
CMYK or RGB?

📌 File Formats
AI, PDF, PSD, JPEG, TIFF & More

📌 Outlined Fonts
Fonts converted to shapes in vector-based programs

📌 Embedded Images
Linked images vs. embedding in Illustrator

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00:00 Intro
00:42 What Is "Print-Ready Artwork"?
01:30 Print Size
03:19 Resolution (DPI)
05:12 Outline Fonts / Embed Images
06:17 Color Modes RGB & CMYK
08:06 Accepted File Formats
08:56 Print Ready File Requirements

[CrossMediaSuccess]

File formats can be very confusing if you are not experienced. Very good job explaining the difference between file types.

[transferexpress]

For Paper & Sticker Printing file setup, we totally didn't mention including bleed- Since we're mainly talking about t-shirts we missed it here. It's typically 1/8th inch (.125") extended beyond the trim area in each direction.

[JackSmith-udbg]

This is where I am struggling . I just bought Affinity 2. It is going to work for me, but i have a lot to learn. In affinity, i need to know-how to save, and how to upload to Transfer Express for printing.
I will keep watching your videos to help me learn. thanks

[captcrow]

Question about Canadian orders: are they available or do we use Stahl's Canada? Good info on the Print Ready artwork. Thanks

[rodrigomora]

What’s your preferred file type if I’m exporting raster work? Simple flats nothing crazy. Would png work just fine or would you rather get a pdf file?

[patriciasheppardmd]

Do you have any samples of what yesterday was talking about

[LuisPadilla]

If we upload a file, can we have it “proofed” and added to our clip art to use for future use?