Sometimes you can download templates.Įxamples of online print-on-demand t-shirt: For the file preparation, read their requirements and specifications online, they all have specific ones.

The best is to look online and read about each provider some might offer you very high quality printing with opaque printing, some don't.

So that may limit you to print on t-shirt with lighter colors than your picture. One important point is that the technique to print this doesn't always offer an opaque transfer method you might not be able to print a grayscale image on a black t-shirt and sometimes you cannot print with white! The white areas will in fact be transparent. In general, you can print an image about 14' x 14' in average (35cm x 35cm) but dimension may vary depending on the printer you use. The best is to simply ask them what kind of file they need and how big it should be. You can keep the picture as it is but ideally use a resolution of 300ppi in Photoshop for best results. Where to print:įor photos, you can use online printers and sometimes you can also find kiosks in shopping malls where they offer quick t-shirt printing services. To know what size and resolution (quality) the picture should be, ask your printer or look on the online on their websites. In general, you need 300ppi but if you use a vector, there's no resolution to worry about. The resolution of the picture depends on the method you'll use. Since you want to print on t-shirt, you can use a lower quality image and cheat a bit on the size transfer on t-shirt isn't the same quality as offset printing on paper for example. When you look at a picture online, you need to imagine that this picture can usually be used for a printing project 3-4 times smaller than what you see on your web browser. Web pictures often don't have the right amount of pixels to be used for large prints. Find stock picture websites, read the terms and licenses, take your own pictures or create your own illustrations for this. Even 'free pictures' online cannot be trusted because some websites redistribute the work of others without permission or offer very limited permissions on how to use them. In general, don't use Google search to find pictures if you plan to print it on a product and to sell it. If you plan on selling a t-shirt with the face of a celebrity on it, you can't! You need to get permission for this or buy commercial rights for such a picture.

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