The creation of a graphic draft is a free service that our company offers to all customers who have placed an order of custom products and allows you to see a graphic simulation directly on the chosen product.
After the order and its payment, you will be automatically assigned a graphic designer who will follow you throughout the production process.
You will receive an e-mail with the contacts of the graphic designer that has been assigned to you and the various instructions how to send the file, if you haven’t uploaded it on your order.
Before making the graphic draft, the graphic designer ensures that the files sent are in conformity with the print and format required.
If a logo/design does not have a good resolution because it is provided, for example, in JPG, PNG format, it will be reconstructed for free in a vector file to ensure an optimal result in printing.
A vector file of the design/image/logo to be printed is always necessary, unless it is a 4-color or grayscale print where a simple high-resolution JPG - PSD or TIFF image will be enough.
If you do not have a vector file, the graphic designer that will follow your order will provide reconstruction for free, in case the design is simple to reproduce, while if the logo/design/graphics are very complex, the reconstruction service may have additional costs.
The graphic designer will contact you in this case to communicate the amount of supplement for the reconstruction in vector file, only after your approval we will proceed with your graphics.
After verifying or creating the file, the operator will make a graphic draft based on the items you have purchased.
The graphic draft is produced by following the instructions provided in the "NOTES" at the step "Upload" or following the instructions sent subsequently by e-mail or by phone if you prefer.
The graphic draft clearly represents:
- indicative positioning on each item purchased
- indicative proportion of the graphics on the product
- description of print color (PANTONE SOLID COATED), print sides, print format, any notes
- actual print format (printable in a standard A4 printer) according to the file
Let's analyze the various technical aspects now.
POSITIONING ON EACH ITEM PURCHASED:
The positioning is made by the graphic designer on a vector design of the chosen item and it is useful to better understand the printing position of your graphic (e.g. on the front, on the back, etc.). It is therefore used to ensure that the position and printing sides have been selected correctly.
Example:
If you have chosen 100 black short-sleeved T-shirts with 3-color printing on the front during the purchase process, the graphic draft must correspond with your choice.
It may sometimes happen that the selection of the print type, the sides to be customized or the color of the article have been selected incorrectly or unintentionally, so the draft is useful to have an instant feedback of what you have purchased.
So, if the graphic draft that you will receive, will represent a white T-shirt with 3-color printing on the front, it means that the color of the chosen T-shirt has been selected incorrectly or the graphic designer that follows your order has made the draft with the wrong color of T-shirt.
Just compare the color of the T-shirt shown in the order confirmation for immediate feedback.
The positioning is also useful to understand the actual clarity of the graphics on the color of the selected item.
Example:
It may happen that you initially decided to print your logo on a red sweatshirt in GREEN color, but after receiving the graphic draft you realize that the green print is poorly readable, or you just don’t like it.
In this case, just respond the graphic designer by asking for the adjustment of the print color. The graphic designer will then send you a new draft with the correct print color.
Changes to the graphic drafts are always free!
Only after your written approval the goods you ordered will be sent into production.
PROPORTION OF THE GRAPHICS ON THE PRODUCT:
Our graphic designers, who are expert in the field, know how to position your graphics on the product. As they manage thousands of items, it is almost impossible to create a graphic draft with real-scale proportions.
The position of your graphics will therefore be indicative as graphic proportions on the object, while the dimensions indicated in the NOTES field related to the print format are real.
Example:
Let's consider a possible order of hooded sweatshirts where graphics are positioned 7 cm from the collar.
The graphic draft would represent the vector design of a hooded sweatshirt, a pocket and, at the same time, the graphic positioned approximately 7 cm from the collar.
In the representation you would see that your logo (printed for example 15 cm x 20 cm) is relatively far from the central pocket of the sweatshirt, but in the printing process the real development of your graphics may not match, because the real print with the size you indicated, in the smaller sizes, may be very close to the pocket, while larger sizes would almost perfectly correspond the approved graphic draft.
For this reason, it is essential to check the actual print size.
You can check the dimensions by printing the page of the actual format of your design with a standard A4 or A3 printer and at this point you can place the just printed paper in any sweatshirt to see if the print size is the one you wanted.
You can also choose the size yourself and adjust it at any time according to your preference.
Only after your written approval the goods you ordered will be sent into production.
DESCRIPTION OF PRINT COLORS, PRINT SIDES, PRINT FORMAT, ANY NOTES:
Together with the graphic positioning, the colors used in printing your graphics are clearly indicated in written form.
Example:
- Front printing colors: PANTONE 200 - PANTONE 324
- Back printing colors: PANTONE 354 - PANTONE 125
Make sure that the colors indicated, correspond perfectly to your choice. If you have doubts please contact the graphic designer.
In any case, the acceptance of the graphic draft is finalized only to the comparison of logos, images and texts. As the printing process can generate color differences between the shades displayed on the monitors (RGB) and those resulting from the PANTONE printing process we use. Under no circumstances the acceptance of the graphic draft can be considered a color test. We will not accept complaints about color differences of the printed products in the absence of precise color references. For this purpose, the colors can be exactly identified with PANTONE SOLID COATED chart. (N.B. for a correct perception of the color it is necessary to use the PANTONE SOLID COATED "sample book", because the same PANTONE SOLID COATED chart displayed on the monitor would always be conditioned by the reproduction of the color in RGB). Also, it may occur that the same color chosen from the PANTONE SOLID COATED chart presents color differences based on the material on which the print is made. Also, the positioning is to be considered purely indicative.
The graphic draft shows the various sides to customize (e.g. Front - Back – Left Sleeve - etc.)
You must always check the perfect correspondence between draft and order.
In the graphic draft you may also find NOTES in case there are specific details that you have indicated.
Example:
Logo printing at 7 cm from the collar, folding and packaging, color print change, etc.
ACTUAL PRINT FORMAT:
Print formats are always shown in centimeters and correspond to the actual print size.
If you're not very familiar with the size, we advise using a tape measure to better understand the actual print format.
To avoid any doubt, the graphic designer will also include in the graphic draft pages of logos/designs/graphics in actual print format, so that you can print them with a standard (A3 or A4) printer and see the actual print format.
If you have any doubt about the size, you can always contact the graphic designer that follows your order for clarification.
We remind you that the changes to graphic drafts are always free!
Only after your written approval by e-mail the goods you ordered will be sent into production.
FORMAT OF THE GRAPHIC DRAFT
The graphic draft is sent in multipage PDF format, if you do not have the appropriate software to view it you can click the following link to Download the most suitable version of Adobe Reader.
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