Mission:
As a company founded by graphic designers, we bring experience to the screen printing business, as well as a standard of uncompromising aestheticism.
We encourage an artistic client base, but are here to produce quality printing for all applications. We, of course, will work with you to help get the results you desire. Please feel free to contact us and let us know how our talent and creativity can work for you.
Green Note:
Gray Matter Printing uses only the highest quality phthalate and lead free textile screen printing inks on the market today. We take environmental responsibilities very seriously. All of our inks are the finest and safest in today's printing industry.
Hybrid Printing:
Hybrid printing offers the best of both worlds. This incorporates a mixture of both plastisol inks, as well as, a discharge medium. It blends the ease of printing associated with plastisols with the softness and breathability of discharge prints. Please contact us or come in to see how any of these printing techniques can work for your needs.
Printing Specifications
Our maximum print area for t-shirts to zip-up hoodies is 15" wide x 20" tall.
We accept .ai,.eps,.psd,.jpg,.tiff. Please be sure to do the following to your file:
In Adobe Illustrator:
- Convert all fonts to outlines
- Make sure all placed images are 300 dpi
- Convert all colors to Spot Colors
In Adobe Photoshop:
- Minimum resolution is 300 dpi
- Rastarize all fonts
- Do not flatten layers
* We cannot work from 72 dpi images that are commonly found on the internet.
* Please let us know if there are Pantone colors that need to be matched in your design. If colors are not specifically indicated, we will match the ink colors as closely as possible.
* Please send all art ready for printing. You may be charged an art fee if ample work needs to be done. We will, of course, let you know before hand and work with you for design completion to your specifications and satisfaction.. Printing Options
Plastisol Inks:
Plastisol inks,our default,are the most common of all printing inks. They are known for their versatility and ease of printing on a variety of materials. These inks deliver great opacity on any color garment. When printed correctly,these inks will result in a soft hand and a long lasting print.
Water-Based Inks:
Water-based inks are newer and are becoming more popular with the evolution of the ink itself. These inks are 60% water and,as with all of our inks,are environmentally safe. The inks deliver a super-soft hand on light to medium color garments. Although harder to work with on darker color garments,they still deliver a medium/soft hand. Both,however,deliver a long lasting image.
Discharge Printing:
Discharge printing is suitable for medium to dark color garments. There are no inks in the discharge process. It is a printing technique that discharges (bleaches) the color from the shirt itself. Discharge dyes are then added to create the coloring of the design. Exact color matching is very hard with this process,but the result is no hand on the print. The only texture is from the fabric of the garment itself.