There are two types of artwork that can be used in the screen printing process - vectored artwork and rasterized artwork.

Vectored artwork is characterized by outlines (stroke) that create a defined area and a fill that colors the defined area. This would be similar to a coloring book. Vector artwork is easily scalable to any size desired. This is the most commonly used art type in screen printing.

Rasterized artwork is characterized by pixels, or small individually colored dots that create an image. Pixels are what you are viewing right now on this computer monitor. Rasterized artwork does not scale easily and can become fuzzy or grainy as it is enlarged without the approriate application to recalculate additional pixels. All scanned images are raster images.

If you are providing artwork, it must be production ready. We accept Coreldraw (.cdr), Adobe Illustrator (.ai), Windows Meta-files (.wmf), and encapsulated post script (.eps) files, for spot color designs. All fills and strokes of vectored artwork must utilize the Pantone Matching System color pallatte.

JPeg (.jpg), .GIF, .BMP, and all other raster image files can only be separated using a process, or simulated process technique that will require a minimum 4 colors, even if the design only appears as 2 colors. Rasterized images can be converted to vector images at our hourly rate.

Art Charges are $45.00 per hour with a minimum $35.00 charge when artwork is not provided. Most original artwork can be produced in under 2 hours. In some instances a nominal charge of $20.00 may be applied to customer provided artwork if modification is necessary to produce color separations. An example of this would be converting strokes and fills to the pantone pallatte. We will gladly advise in advance if modifications are necessary.