Screen Printing
Each colour printed in your design requires a screen to be made which
is charged at £15 + VAT. Charge for changing any colour is £5
+ VAT.
Embroidery
Prices quoted are for an embroidered design up to 7000 stitches in
one position on the garment. If the design exceeds 7000 stitches, there
is an additional charge of 20p per thousand stitches for the extra
amount. There is a one off set up charge for any new design of £35
+ VAT. This covers any design up to 7000 stitches. If the design exceeds
7000 stitches, there is an additional charge of £5 per thousand
stitches for the extra amount.
Packaging policy
To reduce the impact of plastic bags on the environment we no longer
individually bag garments as a matter of course. However if you need
the garments bagged we will charge 5p per garment. Shirts will be
individually folded and bulk packed free of charge.
Individual names and numbers
Individual names and/or numbers can be applied to your garments by
print or embroidery. Please contact us for pricing information.
Artwork
We can accept artwork in most formats. Vector files can be accepted
in Corel Draw 12 or Illustrator 9 (EPS or AI file formats). Bitmaps
can be accepted as JPEG or TIFF file formats but are required to be
of high resolution (300 dpi minimum). PDF files of sufficient resolution
are also acceptable. If you have questions on artwork do not hesitate
to contact us.
Proofs
Upon receipt of your order and artwork, a proof sheet will be emailed,
faxed or posted to you for your approval. No work will be undertaken
until a signed proof has been returned.
Order confirmation
An order confirmation will be emailed, faxed or posted to you on receipt
of your order. Please check it carefully and return it signed.
Delivery
Delivery is charges at £9 +VAT for orders under £250 nett.
Delivery is free to one UK address for orders over £250.
Lead
times
Our normal lead time is one week from receipt of order, subject to
stock availability. However if you have an urgent requirement , please
contact us – we have delivered orders within 24hrs.
Payment
We can accept payment by credit card, cheque or BACS. For non account
holders payment is required with order.
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Quick
reference glosary:
Screen printing
A method of forcing ink through
a screen stencil and onto a printable surface. Screen printing
can be used to reproduce a few colours, or continuous-tones.
Because it lays down the ink up to 30 times thicker
than lithography, the colour is more dense and durable than
other printing processes and is ideal for transferring designs
onto almost any printable surface including posters, clothing,
bottles, mugs and compact discs etc.
Resolution
The sharpness of text and graphics provided by any
printer or output device, measured in dots per inch (DPI).
Dots Per Inch (DPI)
A measure of the resolution
of a file. The higher the number, the sharper the type and images.
Bitmap files
Bitmap
files are formed by a rectangular grid of small squares
known as pixels. Unlike vector graphics which are edited
by altering lines and shapes, bitmap images are edited
by manipulating groups of pixels. Bitmap images are resolution-dependent;
they can appear jagged and lose detail if they are created
at a low resolution and then enlarged or printed at a
higher resolution.
Vector files
Vector
files are made up of mathematically defined curves and line segments called vectors.
They are resolution-independent; they can be output at
any resolution without any loss of quality.
JPEG (.jpg)
Joint Photographics Expert Group format used for
resolution-dependent bitmap files. JPEG uses a 'lossy'
compression scheme that reduces the file size by
identifying and discarding data not essential to
the display of the image. A higher level of compression
results in lower image quality, but in most cases compressing
an image useing the Maximum quality option produces a result
that is indistinguishable from the original.
TIFF (.tif)
Tagged Image File Format. Resolution dependent bitmap file format. The TIFF format
supports LZW compression, a lossless compression that does not discard deatil
from the image, but helps to reduce the overall file size.
EPS (.eps)
Encapsulated PostScript file format which can contain vector graphics or bitmap
images. These files contain a screen preview, instructions for a Postscript output
device, and in some cases bitmap image data. Adobe Illustrator can save artwork
in EPS format.
PDF (.pdf)
Portable Document Format. A universal file format that can be viewed and printed
consistently across any computer platform using Adobe's free Acrobat Reader.
PDF can represent both vector and bitmap graphics.
AI (.ai)
Native file format
of Adobe Illustrator, industry-leading software for creating vector graphics. |
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