“Camera ready artwork” is high-quality black and white artwork that is ready to be processed and used for printing. No colors please. If the design is multi-colored, a separate black on white image is required for each color. As an alternative, we can use a black on white image that is a complete outline of the design.

Camera Ready Art is not:
• Any type of photocopy
• Business cards, existing t-shirts, or other printed items.
• Dirty artwork – smudges, pencil lines, marks, etc.
• Tone images – Black and white photos, Color photos.

We need images/designs in Vector format (CorelDraw, Adobe Illustrator) versus
a Bitmap format (Internet images, .gif, .jpg, bmp, jpeg, etc). If you are using a scanned image it is more than likely a bitmap. Images from the Internet are not only bitmaps but also very low resolution. These look great on your computer monitor but are not useable for printing. The best file formats to use for screen printing are: .cdr (CorelDraw), .eps (encapsulated postscript) or .ai (Adobe Illustrator) Other files can be used, however, to convert them is time consuming and can be costly. If you aren’t sure if we can work with what you have, send us
an email.

Yes. Sending your artwork via email is common. You can send it to us at info@theinkworksllc.com - please be sure to check “What Is Camera-ready Artwork?” and “What File Types Can We Use?” to insure that your artwork is usable. You can reduce the size of the artwork to an acceptable level for emailing as we will enlarge or reduce to fit the smallest garment in any order. We will email you a final copy for your approval.

Yes, you can mail your design to us on paper (hard copy – black ink on white paper only please), or on a disk using FedEx, UPS, or whatever courier you like. We are Mac based, so although your disk can be any format, your artwork should be in the desired file format as indicated in “What File Types Can We Use?” We can accept art files on USB Flash Card Drives, DVDs and CD-ROMs.

Like painting a house that is dark brown (black, red, navy etc.) using white, or light color of paint, it may need two coats or a base coat. The same holds true for screenprinting. When printing on dark colors of garments a separate screen of white under base is highly recommended. This under base keeps the colors from blending with the dark background, which produces a muted image color. If white ink is not one of your design colors, then you need to ADD this white screen to the total colors in your design. This will increase your costs. Also the graphics for printing on dark colors are bolder and without fine details since a heavy layer of light colored ink must be applied in order to cover the dark substrate and prevent bleeding.