Print information for optimal printing

General printing requirements

PDF FILE FORMAT | X1,X3,X4

SCALE | 1:1 min. 72 DPI or 1:10 min. 720 DPI
(equivalent to 10% of the final format)

OVERPRINT | OFF

WRITINGS | as Paths

PRINTER EXTENSIONS | 20 mm surrounding allowance (at a scale of 1:10 = 2 mm)
Important, without crop and registration marks

CMYK COLOR SPACE 8bit | Color Management ISO Coated V2/ Fogra 39

COLOR GRADIENT PIXEL GRADIENT, NOT VECTOR GRADIENT

FILE FORMAT, FILE NAMING AND SIZE SPECIFICATIONS

Please send us a print-ready PDF according to the PDF 1.6 standard with a unique identification of the article, the design name, and the specification of the final format in mm. Always indicate the format in the filename in width x height. Always specify the external dimensions without the print extension. Special characters or similar cannot be processed. The file naming, including the design as a label, will be printed and thus assists in the allocation and assembly of the individual prints. Therefore, including the design and size in the filename is very helpful for all project participants.

MULTI-PAGE PDF FILES 

TEXTILE PRINTS

Creating multiple pages in a PDF file is not permitted and cannot be processed in the printing process. Therefore, create each design as an individual PDF.

CASE BRANDING

It is a 1-page PDF file to be created according to specific printing specifications including a cutting path. Use our Adobe templates including vector path for this. You can find the link in the specific printing specifications for the case.

SK FILMS FOR COUNTER BRANDING

A 3-page PDF file must be created according to specific printing specifications. You can find these under the respective product.

COLORS, SPECIAL COLORS, PROOFS

Certain color specifications may not be achievable in digital printing, thus requiring adjustments to the files. In this case, please provide us with the print data in the PDF/X4:2008 standard. The additional effort resulting from the color adjustment will be charged. Special colors can only be simulated in digital printing. Therefore, depending on the material, there may be deviations between the print result and the specified special color tone. Proofs for backlit textiles are only meaningful with the appropriate hardware; without backlighting or with a different light color, the textiles cannot be assessed.

REORDERS

Due to aging, technical changes, or material substitutions, color deviations may occur in reprints compared to existing prints. This is technically unavoidable. For overarching motifs, the production of the entire motif is necessary.

HOW CAN I TRANSFER THE PRINT DATA?

You can conveniently upload your print-ready files via Data Upload here (max. 500 MB per upload). For smaller data volumes (max. 15 MB), you can also send us the data by email at print@modulap.de, specifying the order number, or send us a download link (e.g., from WeTransfer.com). Important: Please always submit the print data only after placing the order. Only with the order number can your files be unequivocally assigned to the correct order. Please also note the additional information that you will find during the Data Upload.

Textiles generally exhibit significantly higher deviations than products made from wood or metal. This is partly due to the properties of the fibers used. In particular, our textiles (Lumina) for thermal transfer printing can absorb and release a great deal of water and humidity. This is always accompanied by a change in the length of the fiber and thus of the entire textile.

Textiles are also, depending on their construction, more or less elastic. Each machine and especially each person measures with different tension. This inevitably leads to different results. Moreover, the tailoring of textiles is still done manually, and manual work always leads to higher tolerances than machine work. Additionally, clamping the textiles in the stretching frame can lead to different outcomes, depending on how and where one starts the clamping process. Here, misalignment and dropping fonts or logos can be compensated by shifting and pulling the textile.

Generally, the following dimensional tolerances are to be expected:

Bias distortion in ready-made textiles:

+- 1.5% width / height /// Means that a logo with a width of 1m may be offset by a maximum of 1.5 cm from the edge when measured (to the welt in a lying position). Measured 49 cm to the left upwards and 50 cm to the right upwards would be within the tolerance.

Dimensional deviations to the edge (such as type offset at transitions, also measured in a lying position) in tailored textiles: +- 1.5 %