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Line thickness checks

Catch the detail that can't be printed — before it reaches production.

A hairline vanishes on a screen print. Text is too fine to engrave. A stroke is too thin for the embroidery machine to hold. FastEditor checks every upload against the real limits of the technique and the supplier. It runs on every order, before the file moves.

99.95%
production file accuracy
0
manual preflight steps
Per-spec
checks per supplier and technique
Thin line detection flagging unreproducible detail on an uploaded logo
The old way

The file passed on screen and failed on the machine.

Line-width problems stay invisible until production tries to reproduce them. By then the order is late, the material is spent, and the customer is already unhappy. Manual preflight catches some of it, some of the time.

01

Failures found at the machine

A stroke too thin to hold shows up mid-run, on paid stock — at the engraver, screen, or embroidery head.

02

Checks done by eye

A person zooms in and guesses whether a hairline will survive the technique. It scales badly and it is never consistent.

03

Rules that live in people's heads

Every supplier and every technique has its own minimum line width. None of it is enforced automatically at intake.

Where it lives

Preflight, wherever the artwork is created.

The same check runs in the customer flow, in your team's tool, and in the automated file pipeline — against the exact spec of the chosen product and technique.

Logo Editor highlighting a thin line on a customer's uploaded logo
Logo Editor · customer-facing

Flagged while the customer designs

Thin lines and unreproducible detail are surfaced during personalisation, so the customer resolves it before checkout — not after.

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Studio Tool interface reviewing artwork against print specifications
Studio Tool

Verified before the quote

Account managers see whether the artwork will hold on the chosen product and technique before they promise a result.

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Production file being validated against supplier line-width specifications
Production-ready files

Enforced in the pipeline

Every generated file is validated against the supplier's minimum line width and technique limits before it is released to production.

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Results

Problems caught at intake, not at the machine.

Measured across live integrations in promo, workwear, and engraving.

99.95%
production file accuracy

Files reach production already validated against the technique that will reproduce them.

Fewer
reprints and remakes

Unreproducible detail is resolved before material or machine time is spent on it.

80%
less manual checking

Preflight stops being a person zooming in and guessing on every order.

Zero
surprises at production

What passes intake is what the machine can actually hold — no failures discovered mid-run.

Per-supplier
spec enforcement

Each supplier's minimum line width and technique rules are applied automatically at the source.

Proof

Woodcrave routes every engraving order through automated line-thickness checks — unreproducible detail is caught at intake instead of on the laser bed.

Woodcrave
Production, Woodcrave
99.95%
file accuracy at production
0
manual preflight steps
Fewer
remakes on paid stock
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FAQ

Questions resellers ask about preflight.

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What does the check actually detect?

Lines, strokes, and details that fall below the minimum reproducible width for the chosen technique and supplier — the things that vanish or fail when printed, engraved, or embroidered.

Is it different per technique?

Yes. Screen printing, pad printing, laser engraving, embroidery and the rest each have their own minimum line width, and the check applies the right limit automatically.

Can each supplier set their own limits?

Yes. Minimum line width and technique rules are configured per supplier in the Product Hub and enforced at intake, so every reseller sends compliant files.

When does the customer see the warning?

During personalisation in the Logo Editor, so they can adjust the artwork before checkout instead of hearing about it after they have paid.

Does it block the order automatically?

You choose. It can warn and let the customer proceed, prompt for a better file, or hold the file from production — configurable per workspace and technique.

Does it work with automated vectorization?

Yes. Uploads are vectorized and cleaned first, then the reproducible-detail check runs on the production geometry — so the assessment reflects the file that will actually be printed.

Send us one logo and one spec. We'll show you what fails.

Personalised demo within 24 hours. We run it on your own products and print methods — 15 minutes.

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