Artwork
Printing Methods:
Digital
Digital Printing is the reproduction of digital images on a physical surface, such as common or photographic paper, cardboard, film, cloth, plastic, vinyl, magnets, or labels - all possible with various desktop and industrial sized printers.
Engraving
Engraving is a process that requires the incising of a design onto a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. Originally done by hand, this process is now performed using lasers and sandblasting. There are no colour options availble as the designs are cut through the material itself.
Emboss
Embossing is a process that creates an impression of a design onto a surface that allows for marks to remain once the pressure is released.
Transfer
Transfer printing is a method of applying an image to a curved or uneven surface. It is most commonly used for printing onto porcelain, but can also be applied to various other surfaces, such as cloth. Transfer Printing allows for designs to include complete digital images that can be full colour ( You can also use JPEG as a file type as long as its 300 dpi )
Screen
Screen Printing is a printmaking process based on the creation of individual screens for each colour present in a piece of artwork. Artwork for Screen Printing ideally needs to consist of vector images and outlined text so that the separation of each colour is possible.
Embroider
The process of Embroidery allows for artwork to be recreated by decorating fabric or other materials with designs stitched in strands of thread or yarn using a needle - specialist equipment used for mass production.
Artwork Requirement
Here at Navillus we take our work seriously and strive for quality each time. In a perfect situation all the artwork sent to us would be in Vector Format with all fonts converted to outlines, any colours would have their Pantone references included and it would be in an Ai, EPS or PDF Format.
It is esssential that artwork is supplied in EPS, or PDF format with 300dpi CMYK, this is how optimum quality is achieved.
Vector formats are mathematically calculated and allows us to scale the artwork to fit any printable area without losing quality or integrity of the design. (Pixel based artwork will not produce quality printing results)
If you are unable to supply your artwork in this format, or don't even know what we're talking about, don't worry. Because we have our own design studio and we can help you with any problems you may have, and if needed we can even do it for you (some services will incur extra charges).
Please download our pantone swatch for your guidelines as pantone references would be required for most printing options.
