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Here at Silkscreen we can apply your image to garments and products using various means.
Screenprinting:
This is a permanent means of applying ink to a textile. The image will be vivid and is great for printing on large quantities.
Embroidery:
Different colors of thread will be stitched directly onto the fabric. The result is very tactile and great for logos and names.
Photo Transfer:
This is a heat transfer process, done with printed transfer sheets. Though less tactile and permanent, it is possible to do smaller orders more quickly than with screenprinting.
Laser Engraving:
Done mostly on wood and metal, this process uses a laser to burn images directly onto hard surfaces.
Submitting Artwork
Artwork can be brought to us in a variety of formats. A hard copy in solid black and white is usually the best, but photographs and other multicolored images will work as well. If the paper copy cannot be used to print, our art department can reconstruct the picture, so you're sure to get what you're looking for. Artwork can also be sent to us digitally over e-mail or given to us on a variety of digital media.
We take almost all forms of digital media, including floppy disks, CDr/rw, DVDr/rw, jump/pen drives, smart media, MMC, SD, sony memory sticks, and compact flash. (please avoid mac formatted media, we run microsoft windows on all of our office computers and cannot read disks formatted for the macOS, if you are using a mac, please e-mail your file or burn it onto a cd). When submitting digital artwork please make sure it is in one of our usable formats.
The best format to submit work to us in is vector based drawing programs such as: Corel Draw, Adobe Illustrator, and eps files.
We support all forms of bitmapped images: (bitmap, jpeg, tiff, gif, png, etc.)
If possible please avoid the following formats: microsoft office (word, excell, powerpoint, pagemaker) and quark express, our art programs cannot extract artwork out of those files.
If you just have an idea, or a simple drawing, you can talk to our talented art department who can create a great design from your idea, at no extra charge to your order!
Artwork created by our art department is property of Silkscreen Unlimited until printed on your product or purchased.
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