FAQ
Pricing for screen printing is based on 3 variables.
The number of colours in the print
The number of prints on the tee i.e. Front only or front and back etc
The number of garments to be printed
So to give you a solid price we need to know these three variables. We will always advise you on how you can reduce your costs by adjusting these variables.
The number of colours in the print
The number of prints on the tee i.e. Front only or front and back etc
The number of garments to be printed
So to give you a solid price we need to know these three variables. We will always advise you on how you can reduce your costs by adjusting these variables.
The way screen printing works we have to set a screen up for every colour in every print. The more screens the higher the set up costs. It also takes longer to print 4 colours as we need to make 4 separate print passes on each tee.
Here is a list of the suppliers we can source from. Click to see their online catalogues…
Johnny Bobbin - Premium Quality, Massive range. Great Price vs Quality
Gildan - Premium Quality, Basic range. Great Price vs Quality
Ramo - Great Price, Great Quality
American Apparel - Premium Quality and Style, Made in USA, Massive Range
Bella - Premium Women’s Range, Great Range (ignore retail pricing)
QuOz - Good Range, Good Prices
Johnny Bobbin - Premium Quality, Massive range. Great Price vs Quality
Gildan - Premium Quality, Basic range. Great Price vs Quality
Ramo - Great Price, Great Quality
American Apparel - Premium Quality and Style, Made in USA, Massive Range
Bella - Premium Women’s Range, Great Range (ignore retail pricing)
QuOz - Good Range, Good Prices
No. We do a large range of textile screen printing as well as signs and stickers. We also supply all types of offset printing and also short run digital printing. Our aim is to provide you with great pricing on all services so you only have to deal with a single company for your printing needs.
We can print up to 6 spot colours and of course full process colour.
Yes we can. Just let us know what you are after and we will make sure you get the results you want.
We are based on the Gold Coast. We are a solely web based business and therefore supply Australia wide. We use Fastway couriers who are extremely fast and reliable.
Our standard turnaround is 10 working days. We are happy to provide a “rush” service for a small additional cost.
For the majority of “spot colour” work we require a vector image file created in a program like Adobe Illustrator, Macromedia Freehand or Corel Draw. They will have file extensions such as .AI, .EPS, .PDF, .CDR, .FH(version number).
Note that not all files that have these file extensions are necessarily vector image files. For example you can save a bitmap file as nearly all these file types. The file has to be created from scratch in the programs above.
Note that not all files that have these file extensions are necessarily vector image files. For example you can save a bitmap file as nearly all these file types. The file has to be created from scratch in the programs above.
We can re-draw your bitmap image for you. We charge $60 + GST/hr to re-draw your logo. If you don’t want to pay that find a friend that knows about computer artwork and design and ask them to do it for you.
We have no minimum. We are happy to supply one off tees. You must understand they will be priced accordingly though. We will screenprint a single colour on to a tee but when it comes to multi colours on one off tees it is far more cost effective for the customer to use digital processes.
Yes you can supply your own tees. But often times it is a lot more cost effective for us to supply them for you. You save on postage to us and because we have great relationships with our suppliers we are able to provide you with low wholesale pricing. We can also supply you with a huge range of styles…whatever you want we can do our best to source it for you.
Yes, We have a talented design team to create the look you are after. From a t-shirt design to a complete corporate image we can give your business, band or organization a professional look.
We will keep your screens for a period of time. Usually there is no set-up charges for re-prints within 6 months of the original order, as long as the order is over 30 tees. If the quantity is under this then we charge a small run set up fee of $10 + GST per screen, with a minimum of $20 + GST. We don’t like to keep the screens too long as over time the mesh on the screen relaxes and when it comes time to re-print the registration on multi colour images can be out. So even though this can mean an added cost to the client, they will be getting better quality prints.
There are a few different ways to reduce the costs involved with printing your tees.
Bitmaps (also called "raster") are made up of pixels, while vector images are composed of mathematical formulas that consist of curves and points. As such, they can be resized at will without losing quality. Making a bitmap larger makes the pixels larger too and the result can be blurry and jagged. Photos are bitmap images, and so are file formats like bmp, jpg, and psd.
Vector images have crisp lines and can be resized as big as a house without losing any image quality. Vector images are created in programs like Adobe Illustrator, Macromedia Freehand and Corel Draw.
Vector images have crisp lines and can be resized as big as a house without losing any image quality. Vector images are created in programs like Adobe Illustrator, Macromedia Freehand and Corel Draw.
Vector images are made out of lines and shapes. This helps us when we need to separate colours. Each shape that has the same colour is separated from the image. This can’t effectively be done with a bitmap image when printing with spot colours.
One time when it is ok to use bitmap images is when you want a full colour print using process CMYK colours. Sometimes bitmap images are ok for single colour prints as long as they are at least 300dpi and already at print size.
One time when it is ok to use bitmap images is when you want a full colour print using process CMYK colours. Sometimes bitmap images are ok for single colour prints as long as they are at least 300dpi and already at print size.
Fonts aren’t automatically transferred with a vector file when it is created in a program like Adobe Illustrator. When using fonts in the program, the text is linked to a font file located on your computer. If that text is not converted to shapes or outlines or “embedded”, in the program, when you send that file to us if we don’t have the font installed on our computer the font you have used will be substituted for a different font that is installed on our system.
To get around this you need to convert fonts to outlines or embed the fonts. To do this in Adobe Illustrator you can right click on the text and choose “Create Outlines” alternatively if you go to Type>Create Outlines or finally you can use the hotkeys Shift+Ctrl+O. This will convert all you type to shapes and it will transport within your file.
To get around this you need to convert fonts to outlines or embed the fonts. To do this in Adobe Illustrator you can right click on the text and choose “Create Outlines” alternatively if you go to Type>Create Outlines or finally you can use the hotkeys Shift+Ctrl+O. This will convert all you type to shapes and it will transport within your file.
