When placing an order for printed bags, you will need to provide your print files. We’ll show you what these files should look like and in what format you should send them to us. Please send your print data for printed bags in vector format, saved as .pdf or .ai files, to [email protected]. Vector data is essential for the high-quality production of screens or printing plates.

To create a preview of the bag design with your print, we need you to send us the print data in vector format. Customers sometimes send us raster data, most commonly saved as .jpg or .png files. These files cannot be used to create a preview or subsequently to produce a screen or printing plate.

Vector vs Raster

A raster image is made up of many small dots, known as pixels. Each point has its own defined coordinates. This is where the term ‘bitmap’ or ‘bitmap graphics’ comes from. You will mainly encounter this type of graphics in photographs.

Difference between raster and vector graphics
If you enlarge a raster image, you will reduce its quality. With a vector image, however, this is not a problem.

Vector graphics are made up of curves – vectors – rather than points. Enlarging these curves does not result in any loss of quality. Their shape, colour, line thickness and fill are predefined. They are suitable for creating company logos, charts, illustrations, etc.

Curves in vector graphics
An example of curves in vector graphics
Print data in vector graphics
You can send us your print data in vector format (curves) saved as .pdf or .ai files to the email address [email protected]