Supplying your own artwork? Here's everything we need to make sure your custom products come out looking their absolute best.
We've found these formats provide the best end results with our printing equipment. Original vector files are always our most preferred option.
Scales to any size without quality loss. Perfect for logos and artwork.
Industry-standard vector format. Excellent for print-ready artwork.
Universal print format. Must be high-resolution and print-ready.
300 DPI minimum with transparency enabled. Best for DTG printing.
Native Illustrator files. Include fonts or convert text to outlines.
Native CorelDRAW files. Include fonts or convert text to curves.
Layered Photoshop files. Include any custom fonts used in the design.
Only accepted as a last resort. Must be high resolution. No transparency support.
We love vector files! They allow us to colour match precisely and scale your artwork freely — so you don't need to upload different sizes for a front chest logo and a full back print. Our online designer tools accept a variety of formats and will send us the finished artwork in the correct format for printing.
Getting these right ensures your finished products look sharp, vibrant, and exactly how you imagined them.
For the best results we require a minimum of 300 dots per inch. Our online designer tools will check any artwork you upload and warn you if it's below this minimum. For stickers, printed t-shirts, hoodies and varsity jackets, the designer tools are the easiest way to upload your artwork and arrange everything exactly as you'd like. Once you've completed your design and checked out, the designer sends us a print-ready file.
Please provide the largest size possible of your artwork — ideally larger than the finished print size. Your image should be at least the size you want the finished piece. You cannot increase the detail of a small, low-quality image by scaling it up. However, starting with a larger image and scaling down preserves full quality. Vector files can be scaled up and down without any quality impact, which is why they're our preferred format.
Please allow a 5–10mm bleed all the way around the edge of your artwork. Do not place any critical elements (such as text that needs to be readable) right on the edges, as they can get cut off during the transfer process. A background extending to the edge is always preferable.
A few final details to make sure your artwork prints perfectly.
For most of our products we require artwork in RGB format at 8-bit. We can convert CMYK artwork to RGB as required — and for some products CMYK works best. If you have questions, feel free to contact us and we can advise. If you use our online designer tools, they handle colour mode automatically and send us the correct files for printing.
We have lots of fonts installed on our systems, but we may not have your specific font. If you're providing artwork in .PSD, .AI or .CDR formats, please include the fonts used so we can load them, or convert the fonts to curves/outlines. Our online designers also have loads of fonts available for you to easily add text to any artwork you've uploaded.
Don't want to worry about file formats, DPI and bleed? Our free online designer handles all of it for you. Upload your artwork, arrange it exactly how you'd like it, add text and graphics, and see a live preview. When you check out, the designer sends us a print-ready file automatically.
After you've placed and paid for your order, here's what happens with your artwork.
After checkout, you'll receive an email notification to upload artwork for your product(s). If you've ordered front and back prints, you'll get a chance to upload different artwork for each.
Our team manually checks your artwork against the specifications listed above — resolution, format, colour mode, and placement — to ensure the best possible result.
Once your artwork is approved, we produce your custom products and ship your order. If we spot any issues, we'll get in touch before printing.