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Hi, community, i hired an illustrator to do some of my designs and i want to know if color is going to be a problem at the time i send the format to the screen printing company? To be cleared i have a design on ai format with blue and yellow. Since i have no idea about ai can the screen printing company change the colors for me?
If it's a two colour job, make sure the colours are defined as spot colours (Pantone) and send the printer an eps file. Why not have a chat with him, it could save a lot of trouble.
yeah and it doesn't hurt printing out a hard copy of your design with notes specifying the exact pantone color #'s, how many shirts, what colors/sizes etc. that way you both have a copy and there's question to what's going on.
it depends on how your designer produced your work. i'm assuming it was computer generated and if so any designer nowadays worth a can of beans will have either adobe illustrator coreldraw or adobe photoshop. he can print out from whatever apllication he used. talk with the printer and he'll likely be glad to direct you to give him/her what he needs. i'm old school. i like to go with hard copies of everything cd's etc. i also like to be there when they make the first run of prints but that can be kinda pushing it with some printers.
An Illustrator who does design work for Tee shirt prints should provide a finished digital file complete with the spot color names/numbers included in the documents color pallet. Most any textile printer will have the necessary software to open such a file, which also should have necessary editing capabilities. Talking to your printer before hand so you know which file type they prefer is the best scenario. You do need to have a complete conversation with your printer on print size, location, colors to be printed, shirt specifics (style, color sizes, quantity, etc.) and of course pricing & delivery. A hard copy color printout of your design which accompanies the digital file is also a plus. Less chance for error. Hope this helps.
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