Dallas Promo strives to be your source for screen printing, with aggressive pricing, quick turnaround, excellent quality. We carry and distribute thousands of articles of clothing from leisurewear to uniforms and corporate wear. If you do not see it, please request the information and we will get back to you as soon as possible. Screen print your custom logo or graphic design onto any one of a thousand apparel products! Dallas Promo provides the best in direct screen printing and custom transfer work. We are the screen printing pros and the graphics technology leader!
NOTE: BECAUSE OF THE SCOPE OF OUR PRODUCTION FACILITIES AND THE NUMBER OF SCREEN ORDERS WE HANDLE EACH DAY, THE MINIMUM PRODUCTION QUANTITY FOR ANY ORDER THAT CAN BE ACCEPTED IS 24 PIECES WITH THE SAME LOGO OR DESIGN. WHILE WE CAN SELL BLANK PRODUCT WITH NO MINIMUM QUANTITY, ALL PRODUCTION ORDERS FOR SCREEN PRINTING MUST MEET THIS 24 PIECE MINIMUM.
Dallas Promo is happy to work with outside designers, ad agencies and design-oriented customers who wish to provide art that is "100% READY FOR PRODUCTION", so that these fees can be avoided. We suggest, however, that only those who are highly experienced in design and screen printing production attempt to provide final artwork to us.
THE QUALITY OF THE ARTWORK CREATED AND READIED FOR PRODUCTION DIRECTLY AFFECTS THE FINAL LOOK OF THE FINISHED PRODUCT. IF YOU DECIDE TO USE SELF-DESIGNED OR PREVIOUSLY-DESIGNED ARTWORK THAT IS LESS THAN 100% PERFECT TO SAVE A FEW DOLLARS IN ART CHARGES, THEN IT IS REASONABLE TO EXPECT THE FINISHED PRODUCT TO BE LESS THAN 100% PERFECT. WE SIMPLY CANNOT PRODUCE PERFECTLY PRINTED CUSTOM LOGO PRODUCTS WITHOUT PERFECT DESIGN AND PERFECT PRE-PRODUCTION.
Listed below are the technical requirements that will ensure perfect screen printing production from the Dallas Promo.
IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A LOGO OR GRAPHIC DESIGN FOR SCREEN PRINTING
We prefer art that is "100% READY FOR PRODUCTION" means that an art staff member will be required to do no more than open a digital file and hit the print button, or scan a piece of camera-ready art directly to the film printer. Please email us your artwork and we will let you know if your art is ready to go...
Digital art files include those designs created and saved from a professional graphics program or those designs that are one color and exported from a graphics program at HIGH RESOLUTION.
Our file format of choice is a generic .eps file that can be opened and resized at any size and resolution we require. Acceptable exported files include eps, gif, jpeg, or bmp, SO LONG AS THESE EXPORTED FILES ARE PROVIDED AT THE FULL SIZE OF THE INTENDED REPRODUCTION AT HIGH RESOLUTION (a minimum 300 Dallas Promoi). Any and all fonts must be included with the exported file, or all fonts must be turned to paths prior to export.
Our program format of choice is Adobe Illustrator, with the design spot-color separated with no trapping or overprinting. Acceptable graphic program formats include files created by Photoshop, Freehand, and Illustrator. Please note that MICROSOFT WORD, POWERPOINT OR PAINT PROGRAM FILES ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE DIGITAL FILES AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE USED. To output properly, any and all attachments and fonts must be included with the native file, or all fonts must be turned to paths.
TO BE CONSIDERED "100% READY FOR PRODUCTION" AND AVOID PRE-PRODUCTION CHARGES, ALL FILES MUST MEET THE REQUIREMENTS LISTED ABOVE AND BE FULLY SPOT-COLOR SEPARATED! If a provided file must be color separation by the Dallas Promo before it is output to film, then the time that it takes our graphics person to create these spot color separations will be billed to the customer. (The only exception: for 4-color process print jobs, files should be provided un-separated in standard RGB format, to be separated to our specs as a part of the process job setup fee.)
Artwork presented as camera-ready must be crisp, clean black and white line art. Camera-ready art may not have any colors or halftones in it (unless a low line screen halftone is to be a part of the print). Camera-ready art must be outputted at a minimum of 300 Dallas Promoi, with 600 Dallas Promoi suggested; any art presented at a lower resolution than 300 Dallas Promoi runs the risk of being jagged and reproducing poorly. We are not responsible for any print flaws generated from art presented at a resolution less than 300 Dallas Promoi.
TO BE CONSIDERED "100% READY FOR PRODUCTION" AND AVOID PRE-PRODUCTION CHARGES, ALL CAMERA-READY ART MUST BE FULLY SPOT-COLOR SEPARATED, WITH EACH SPOT COLOR PRESENTED ON A SEPARATE PAGE! If a provided piece of one-color camera-ready art requires color break separations before it is output to film, then the time that it takes our graphics person to create these spot color separations will be billed to the customer.
If the customer or his agency is highly knowledgeable about the screen printing process, then that customer can provide film positives to Dallas Promo. All film positives should be provided a minimum resolution of 300dpi. at actual print size, and already spot color separated using butt-registration. There are many variables involved for different types of products and production formats; detailed discussions with the art department prior to providing films are welcomed.
Ready to start your project, please don't hesitate to contact us.