Screen-Printing "set-up" is the process of taking your logo or design and producing a series of silk-screens in frames (one per color) to allow individual colors to be applied to your item. This set-up fee, sometimes called a "screen charge," is determined by the number of colors in your design. At Poloworks, this fee is $25 per color.
4-color Process
Some photographic-type designs require additional set-up. These "4-color Process" designs, like photographs, are made up of combining 4 colors:Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black. So in order to create screens for these designs, we, or you, must first make negatives of your design (called "film separations") which separate your design into gradations of these four colors. The actual silk screens (described above) are then made from the films. The standard fee for Poloworks to create these film separations for you is $175.
Application Charges
At Poloworks, all costs for printing a design on your item are included in the quoted price of your item.
How to Begin
1.) Send us a copy of your design (business card, stationery, or other artwork) so we can get a quote your actual set-up costs:
Or, if you don't have a file, either call us at 860-918-0848 to make other arrangements, or mail your artwork to:
Poloworks, LLC
95 Belltown Rd.
So. Glastonbury, CT 06073
2.) We'll email, fax, or mail you a set-up quote.
3.) As soon as you give us the go-ahead and some camera-ready artwork, we'll recreate your design for screen printing and send you a color rendition for your approval. We'll also provide you with apparel catalogs from which to select your new merchandise.
