Screen printing is a spot-colour process: every colour is a separate screen, a separate ink and a separate pass. FastEditor vectorises the upload, counts the colours against the product screen limit, separates the artwork into one file per channel, and previews the result on the product before the order is placed.
Request a demoScreen printing rewards simple, bold artwork and punishes everything else. Three things decide whether a job runs cleanly.
Colour count is cost. Each colour is a separate screen and a separate set-up, and most promotional products cap screen printing at a handful of colours. A logo with subtle gradients quietly exceeds that limit. FastEditor counts the colours in the upload and checks them against the screen limit configured for the product.
Fine detail has a floor. Hairlines, small text and tight registration between colours fail below the mesh resolution, so line thickness is validated against the product minimum before the customer can approve.
It must be vector, or become vector. Screens are cut from paths, not pixels. FastEditor vectorises any upload, including phone photos, so a raster logo is print-ready without an artworker.
The printer receives one separated file per colour, each at the exact dimensions of the print area, with the artwork scaled to its true printed size.
The production-ready file goes straight to the screen room. No colour picking, no manual trapping, no rejected job.
Screen printing is the volume workhorse across apparel and hard goods. These flows use it:
Suppliers with screen-print-ready products are pre-configured in the Product Hub. See the full supplier ecosystem.
It depends on the product and the press, but most promotional items cap at a handful of colours because each one is a separate screen. FastEditor counts the colours in the uploaded logo and validates them against the limit configured for that product, offering an automatic reduction where the artwork exceeds it.
No. Screens are cut from paths, so the artwork has to be vector, but FastEditor vectorises any upload automatically, including phone photos and screenshots. The customer never has to find or create a vector file.
One separated file per ink colour, each at the print area exact dimensions with the artwork scaled to its true size. Channels are named and registered so the screen room can burn screens directly, with no manual separation.
Gradients and excess colours are flagged against the product screen limit before the customer approves. Where possible FastEditor suggests an automatic reduction to the nearest workable spot-colour set, so the incorrect order is never placed.
Yes. Each decoration position is processed independently, so a product can be screen printed in one area and embroidered or pad printed in another, each producing its own technique-specific file.
A configurator records the customer choices. FastEditor also produces the separated production files, colour-counted and line-validated, which is the part that otherwise needs an artworker.
