What we need to put your mark on canvas cleanly, first time. If your file does not meet this, send it anyway — we usually fix it before quoting.
Files
[replace] Every measurement and fabric weight on this page is my working assumption, not your confirmed spec. Replace any figure you cannot match against your own bags.
- Best: vector — AI, EPS, PDF or SVG, with text converted to outlines.
- Also fine: PNG at 300 dpi or higher, transparent background, artwork already in black and white. That is what the leaf tote asks for.
- Not usable: a screenshot, a low-resolution JPG, or any file still carrying a stock-site watermark.
- No artwork yet? A sketch on paper, a photograph, or one sentence about what the bag has to say is enough to start. Redrawing line art is part of what we do.
Colour
- Water-based screen print is our default and it works one colour at a time: the ink sinks into the cloth, so there is no film on the surface and no box around the artwork.
- On natural undyed cloth any spot colour reads true. On the washed black tote the ground is dark, so white and pale inks are what show; full colour on a dark bag goes through heat transfer instead.
- Photographic or gradient artwork: heat transfer — a slight film feel in exchange for full colour.
- Marks up to 8 cm wide can be embroidered instead of printed.
- [replace] Second colour: + $___ per bag; most screens we run carry ___ colours
Size and detail
- Reference point: the leaf print is about 12 cm tall and sits dead centre.
- Thinnest line we currently hold on canvas is 1.5 mm, which is what the concentric-circle tote prints at. [replace] Confirm with the workshop: minimum reversed (knock-out) line ___ mm.
- Small type behaves differently on fabric than on paper. [replace] Minimum comfortable letter height: ___ mm — send us your smallest word and we will test it on the sample.
- [replace] Largest single-panel print we run: ___ x ___ cm; beyond that the bag has to be cut differently.
- Expect hand placement to move a few millimetres between pieces, the same way a body can measure up to 1 cm apart (see Size & fit guide).
Placement
- Front centre is standard. [replace] Back print / print across a seam: available or not, priced ___.
- Handles, inside labels and woven tags are separate jobs. [replace] Woven label minimum ___ pieces, + $___ per bag.
- If the artwork has to run near an edge, say so before the mock-up: it changes how the panel is cut.
Before you send, check these four
- You hold the rights to print it, or you have the licence in writing.
- Print size and placement are written down, not only in your head.
- Quantity and destination country.
- The date you actually need it — a real one, not an optimistic one.
What happens to your file
Your artwork stays yours. We use it to quote, to make your mock-up and to produce your bags; we do not put it on another customer’s product or on this website unless you say so in writing. We will also refuse a file we have reason to believe belongs to someone else — the full wording is on Terms & privacy.
Send the file and the quantity, or read How to order for the timings.