Artwork Guide| Heat Transfers UK

Welcome back to 'Artwork for Heat Transfers'. A new video series brought to you by Stahls' & Stahls' UK, containing everything you need to know to produce high-quality artwork for your custom heat transfers.

Are you ordering custom heat transfers? Do you want to make sure they look as good as possible? If you're unsure about how to create artwork that is suitable for custom transfer printers, our new video series is for you! In this new series, brought to you by Stahls' UK and artwork expert Dane Clement from Stahls', we cover everything you need to be able to create quality, print-ready artwork in no time. From setting up files correctly to removing backgrounds and editing AI-generated artwork. We've covered it all!

Watch the full series below on YouTube.

How to save artwork

For 1-5 colour heat transfers, If you are using Adobe Illustrator or Corel Draw.

Choose File > Save As or File > Save A Copy. Type a filename, and choose a location for the file.
Choose EPS (*. EPS) as the file format, and click Save.

For full colour heat transfers, always save your artwork at 300 dpi at the required size.

If you are going to be using an png for UltraColour designs, please ensure your line weights are at least 1mm.

Outlining Text

With Easy View™ you do not need to worry about outlining all your text.
The uploader will read the file when it uploads and automatically outline.

Keylines

Both UltraColour™ and UltraScreen™ transfers are free-from keylines.
You just need to upload your artwork.

Colour profiles

For full colour prints, you can have unlimited colours in your prints.

For UltraScreen™ prints we can Pantone® match any colour required for your design.
As standard we have 30 colours built into our designer. You can find the full list and colour profiles here.

Counting Colours

With UltraScreen (1-5 colour) the Easy View™ uploader will count the colours and quality in real time.
You can then swap between colours until your are happy with the design.

There are 30 standard colours for screen transfers, for the full list with RGB, CMYK and PMS references click here. Other colours can be pantone matched on request.

For UltraColour™, there will be no limit on the colours you can use. For complex gradient fills created in Illustrator with multiple colour stops uploading a high resolution raster image (PNG).

Image properties

With our Easy View™ uploader, it will identify any quality issues in real time.
If your design is low quality, you will be alerted so you can re-save and upload again.

The Easy View™ uploader will also make you aware if you have placed your design outside the specified area.
This will ensure you avoid transfer prints without cropping the design.

Once uploaded the quality of your design will be assessed by our Easy View™ uploader. If you artwork is good enough quality for print you will get the green bar, if it's red it means the artwork has not been saved at a high enough quality. See 'How to save artwork' at the top of thge page for more help.

Before placing your order, always check the design dimensions.