Art Transfer

If you are in contact with one of our Marketing Consultants and need to upload your artwork to us, here's a quick and easy way to do it. Just provide your name along with the uploaded file, and our graphic artists will do the rest. If they see any potential problems, they'll be in touch with you to discuss it and make any necessary recommendations.

What artwork format is acceptable?

Acceptable Files in either Mac or PC Formats
Art files can be created in Adobe Illustrator CS or lower, Macromedia Freehand 9.0, or earlier versions of these programs. Other program files may be acceptable if they can be saved in EPS format. All files must be saved as EPS and all text converted to outline. EPS format files provide superior reproduction quality allowing images to be resized with no loss of sharpness or detail.

Artwork with Text
We recommend that all text be converted to outlines when possible. If not, all fonts, font suitcases, printer fonts and screen fonts must be included with your art. Please note that the smallest text size that can be imprinted is typically around 6-8 pt, with some exceptions. For embroidery, letters should be non-serif and at least 3/16" to 1/4" in height. It is often necessary to modify or drop text entirely for small imprint areas.

Single Color Artwork
We prefer Adobe Illustrator files; however we can use .jpg or .tiff files if their resolution is 600 dpi (dots per inch) or higher at the size of the imprint area. The logo should be in black on a white background. Web images are 72 dpi and are generally not acceptable. However, if your item is to be embroidered, we can usually use a web graphic as resolution is not so important.

Multiple Color Artwork
Send only original, native vector, EPS files. We cannot accept art files from the following Mac or PC platforms: BMP, Photoshop EPS, JPG, GIF, PICT, or TIFF. Do not attempt to save these files in an acceptable format. We cannot guarantee that files will acceptable or usable if sent from PC platforms in formats such as BMP, GIF, PICT, or other. PC files such as DOC, EXE, PCX, PPT, P65, or XLS are not acceptable as these file formats are generally low resolution, only suitable for viewing on-screen and not for printing. These cannot be appropriately modified. However, if your item is to be embroidered then we can use a low quality graphic.

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