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jshade · July 26th, 2008

Hey guys, a quick question that im not sure if the answer is right in-front
of my face or not.

When you send in your artwork to be screen-printed and they tell you
it needs to be sent in "at actual print size", does that mean that its
at actual print size where it says Width and Hight under Document size?

I use Adobe Photoshop CS2 and im trying to find where it will tell me the
actual size that it will be for print. If anyone can fill me in on this it be extremely helpful.
-Thanks guys

wormil · July 26th, 2008

Don't over think it. They want your graphic at finished size. So if your design should print 11" wide, draw it 11" wide. In other words they don't want to have to resize your graphic. I set my page size at final print size and fit the graphic to that. So if my graphic is 11x15, my page size is 11x15. That is for screenprinting, for transfers it would be different.

make_edit · July 30th, 2008

In photoshop you can pull your guides from the rulers on the sides to line up against your image, both horz. and vert.(top and bottom, left and right) then get your rectangle selection tool (with 'snap' on under view) and use the tool to encompass the area surrounded by the guides. The selection will 'snap' to the guides. Then under window, allow the 'info' window to be seen(if it is not already) and that will tell you the exact size of you image. However, I also agree with Rick, the printer is just wanting to know how big (inches or cm,mm) your final graphic needs to be.