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Artwork Guidelines for Personalised T-shirt Printing & Personalised Garment Printing

As printing experts, here at Garment Printing, we are always available to offer you as much advice as possible when it comes to designing and printing your personalised clothing, merchandise or t-shirts. We are passionate about ensuring your personalised clothing and custom merchandise are printed to the highest quality possible. 

If your artwork is prepared to the highest quality, your personalised prints and embroidery will out last the products themselves. 

Our premium garments and merchandise are engineered to showcase artwork at its absolute best, with razor-sharp detail and vibrant colour accuracy.

Every product is matched with the ideal print technique, ensuring your artwork is reproduced with flawless precision, depth, and long-lasting durability.

From high-resolution DTG & Screen prints to expertly digitised embroidery, your designs will look as impressive in real life and convey your brand quality.

Because we use only top-tier materials and advanced print technology, your branding stands out with exceptional clarity, consistency, and professional finish on every order.


Personalised T Shirt Printing & Garment Printing Artwork Guides​

There are various printing techniques that you can use for your personalised T-Shirt printing & merchandise projects, and each printing technique has its guidelines that we need to follow. To help you with your next printing project, we have designed easy-to-follow printing and artwork guidelines found below. 

Leaders in:
  • Custom printed T-shirts
  • Sustainable T-shirt printing
  • DTG digital textile printing
  • Textile textile printing
  • T-shirt screen printing
  • Clothing labels
  • Personalised uniforms
  • Work clothes
  • Embroidered polo shirts

Whether you are a company looking for custom work uniforms or an individual who needs to customise t-shirts, at Garment Printing you can print your designs, with no minimum units or printing limits! If you have any questions or want to request a quote you can contact us. 

DTG Printing Guide​

In the last few years, DTG printing has gathered pace as the technology has improved and this has led to more and more people realising the high-quality printing that can be achieved using this technique. Digital printing works in a similar way to a standard printer as the clothing is fed through a printing machine and the design is printed directly onto the garment. We use the highest quality machines in the industry.

Screen Printing Guide

Screen printing is one of the most popular and widely used printing techniques for creating custom printed personalised T-Shirts & clothing. This is because a high-quality print can be achieved and it also has the ability to Pantone colour match to ensure that your corporate colours are respected at all times. 

For screen printing, we recommend minimum order quantity of 20 units due to the set up costs of screen production.

Custom Embroidery Guide

Embroidery is the ideal choice for staff uniforms as it creates excellent brand recognition with a strong and durable finish. 

First we need to Digitise  your design into a special stitch file that tells the machine exactly how to sew it to create the best quality. It ensures the correct stitch direction, density, and technique so your logo looks clean, sharp, and professional on the chosen fabric.

Embroidery is perfect for all types of garments from corporate clothing, work uniforms, sports kits and anything else you can think of. If you’re unsure whether embroidery is a good choice for you, feel free to get in touch with our team.

Transfer Printing Guide​

T-Shirt transfer printing is the process of printing designs onto transfer paper and then applying this paper onto the clothing using a heat-press.

The transfer printing machinery allows us to print full-colour images quickly and efficiently and it makes this process one of the best options for promotional clothing and also for use at events.

Sublimation Printing Guide

Sublimation printing is the process of printing your designs onto a unique transfer paper and this is then heat-pressed over the top of the garment to ensure that the design is transferred correctly.

This means that we are able to print full-colour images incredibly quickly.

Cad-cut Vinyl​

Textile vinyl is a plastic material  that can be transferred into garments. The design is printed on the vinyl, the contour of the image is cut and, with a special hot press, the vinyl is fixed in the tissue.

Textile vinyl has become one of the most popular techniques for garment customisations due to its many advantages.

Design Implementation​

PLEASE NOTE - we check all artwork files we receive, and we create visual mock ups for all orders, and do not print until you approve.

The quality of the final result largely depends on the quality of the original image that is delivered. This is why we recommend that you provide us with designs in suitable print-ready formats in vector (.ai or .eps) or high-resolution files (.png or .tiff), at least 150 dpi and 100% of the required print size. Images downloaded from the Internet are generally not suitable (and may be subject to copyright), so please try not to use them. A perfect design is larger than 35 cm (W) x 45 cm (H) and over 300 dpi or a vector file. Designs for any colour garment should always have a transparent background.

We also recommend that if you create your file in Photoshop or similar software.

Your design has to be in high resolution, otherwise, the print quality will drop significantly, and the final product will not be up to par. In the same way, keep the image without background (or with transparent background).

DTG is a form of digital printing, so anything that appears in the background will also be printed, so you need to keep the background without any other elements, otherwise, it will also be printed!

IMPORTANT: make sure your file does not have pixelated borders, as these will cause your print to have a white border that will diminish the quality of the print.

It is recommended to open the file at the actual size and check that the edges are fine and not pixelated.

On the other hand, when printing on coloured fabrics, you should keep in mind that the printing machine will create a white layer under the colour layer. That means you should avoid creating blurred edges and semi-transparent areas as they will negatively affect the final result.

Things you need to think about​

  1. Your required print positions, print sizes and print size limitations:
    A4 or A3 front, A4 or A3 back, sleeves, left or right breast, across the shoulders, lower back, name or number etc.
    1. Your preferred printing technique:
      Screen printing,  Direct to garment printing,  Embroidery,  all over T-Shirt printing, vinyl printing for names and numbers and solid colours.
  2. Accepted formats in Adobe Illustrator / Adobe Photoshop, PNG, PSD, JPG, EPS, PDF, AI.
    Just send us what you have and we will advise or assist you with your artwork limitations. 
We're here to help you with your next t-shirt printing project​

We are always here to help you answer any questions, offer full advice and consultation and also provide graphic design assistance where it’s needed – we know that (for most people) deciding on what to print and where is a big decision – so our team are always on hand to give you advice to help make those important decisions. Just review below, send us the artwork that you have and we will provide expert advice to help you achieve all of your printing requirements.

If you require any further information on your artwork or which t shirt printing technique suits your artwork the best, please fill out the  Quick Quote form and a member of our team will be able to talk you through the process. They can individually assess your potential order, and ensure that everything works in accordance with our guidelines, so that you’re garments or merchandise turn out exactly how you imagined. We have customers printing t-shirts, tote bags, hoodies, jumpers – the list is endless and so are the possibilities.

Don’t forget, with our  next day T-Shirt printing service, we can get your order back to you in 24 hours!