screen printing

Artwork & Design Submission Information

Our art staff can create artwork based on your ideas or sketches. You can also submit your own designs for us to produce. See the list here of some of our more popular fonts. Please refer to these when placing your order unless you will be submitting your own font (read below).

If you provide hand drawn art please make it black and white outlines only. If needed provide an additional color copy. We can accept artwork created by a variety of artwork programs and in several image file formats. To save you time and effort it is very important that you read below and speak with our art department before creating any artwork via computer for submission.

All designs will become the property of Greek101.com and will not be mailed back with your order. Greek101 reserves the right to display artwork of orders in our portfolio for the purposes of advertising.

You may submit logos of businesses or other organizations to us for use in your order. Most of these organizations have a Marketing Department that can provide us with their logo in the formats described below. A $40 fee PER LOGO will be assesed for any logo that needs to be re-created because the art submitted to us does not meet the criteria listed below.

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Guidelines and Information for Submission of Electronic Artwork Files

Accepted File Types:
Macintosh Preferred. Some Windows based PC file formats will work. Call for exact specifics if not covered here.

Adobe Illustrator(MAC/WindowsPC).
All text must be converted to outlines to prevent the need for us to have your exact font. Images of photos or drawings placed into and AI file may not be useable.

CorelDraw files may be used. All Type or Text must first be converted to outlines. The file must be saved as ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR FILE type, which is an option when you hit save, in a pulldown menu in the dialog window box.

Adobe Photoshop(MAC/WinPC).
Black and white outlines. Image size should be 4"x4" for small designs and 10"x10" for large designs. Resolution should be 300 dpi. Image type should be BMP(Bitmap).

Quark Express 5 (or lower).
In some cases artwork may be supplied using these programs. A disk will need to be mailed included with fonts and any placed images. You must call to verify prior to submitting these file types.

Microsoft Publisher or Word.
We can NOT use Microsoft Publisher or Paint files. We can open and view Microsoft Word documents however aside from simple Text, 98% of the time we can NOT use the actual artwork from Word. In these cases we will most likely need to start from scratch and recreate the entire design. Accordingly, artwork charges may apply.

Please Call FIRST
We dont want you to waste your time. If you really want to submit your own artwork, CALL US FIRST if you are not sure about any of the above instructions. Or Contact us via email to find out how to send your artwork electronically. If you are sending more than one file please use Alladin DropStuff to combine and compress all files into one OR send one email message with only one file attached to it at a time. If using WinZip please send us a separate email to notify us that a ZIP file is being emailed to us.

Sending file types on disk, through e-mail or FTP:
Artwork may be sent via the US post office THOUGH UPS, FED EX or AIRBORNE is recommended. We accept 3.5" floppy, 100mb ZIP disks, DVD or CD ROM's.

Final Artwork Approval

When you have placed your order with us, we will provide you with an artwork code. You will be able to use the "Retrieve Your Artwork" form on the screenprinting home page and view your custom artwork in color. Call us today to get the process started!

Clothing and Apparel Options

Almost any garment can be screen printed. The most common is the basic t-shirt. Click here to see our t-shirt colors. Print size and print location vary. View your size and location options by visiting our screen printing design placement page. If you are looking for any item you can not find on our website or catalog, please call because we can probably get it for you.

Browse the entire list of clothing for screen printing to help decide which clothing or product option is best for you.

Price Quotes

When using custom artwork, it is best to call us at 888-473-3550 to request a price quote. You can also request a quote online, however.

Please try to provide us with as much of the following information as possible so we may give you a more accurate price quote:

• quantity of items
• type of item (t-shirt, sweatshirt, etc...)
• color of the item
• number of colors on the front of the shirt
• number of colors on the back of the shirt
• due date

*Important: Once you or your group has made a financial commitment, there is a minimum $75 cancellation fee. Your organization will also be charged an additional restocking fee and processing fee if we have ordered products to fill your order.

Shipping and Delivery Times

The design you choose submit may effect delivery times. For best results we ask that you plan ahead to allow our creative and production teams the most amount of time possible to make your order the best you and your group has ever seen. Two weeks is the standard turnaround time for custom screen printed clothing designs, but in a jam RUSH service is available for delivery in as little as 2 days.