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CUSTOM MINI STICKS

CUSTOM MINI STICKS

$5.00 USD
$5.00 USD
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Description

Score big with these personalized Custom Printed Mini Sticks. They are the ultimate novelty item for hockey teams, corporate events, arena giveaways, and sports marketing promotions. Designed, manufactured, and printed right here in **Canada**, these sticks offer superior quality and a fun way to display your brand. We apply your logo or artwork using **full color digital printing**, ensuring sharp, vibrant designs that maximize visual appeal and leave a memorable impression on any fan or customer.

Mini Stick Specifications:

  • Full Color Digital Printing – Utilize high-definition, edge-to-edge printing for vivid artwork and complex logos.
  • Canadian Made – Proudly designed, manufactured, and printed in Canada, guaranteeing local quality and support.
  • Durable Construction – Built to last, making them perfect for light play or as a lasting collectible.
  • Custom Artwork Imprint – Maximum visible area for your brand message, team roster, or event date.
  • Ideal Size – Perfect miniature replica, easy to hand out, display, and collect.

Ideal For:

Team fundraising initiatives, stadium and arena giveaways, hockey league promotions, sports bar branding, corporate team-building events, and collectible fan merchandise.

Template 🎓:

Download the template here.

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DTF

DTF Prints Canada - Artwork Guide & Gang Sheet Builder

🎨 Artwork Preparation Guide: Avoiding White Outlines in DTF Printing 🎨

A simple guide to ensure your design prints perfectly clean, crisp, and without unwanted borders.

The Problem: Anti-Aliasing and the White Underbase

DTF (Direct-to-Film) printing requires a base layer of white ink—called the white underbase—to be printed behind all your colors. This ensures your vibrant artwork shows up clearly on any garment color.

The key is to make sure every edge pixel of your design is 100% opaque (solid color) or 100% transparent (nothing there).

How the white outline happens:

  1. When you convert vector art to a PNG, your software uses a process called Anti-Aliasing to smooth out edges and curves.
  2. Anti-aliasing works by adding tiny, semi-transparent (partially opaque) pixels along the edge, making the design fade into the background.
  3. Since these pixels are partially transparent, they still tell the printer to lay down the white underbase underneath them, but because they hold little to no actual color data, they print as faint white dots or a white halo.

The Solution: Disable Anti-Aliasing on Export

To prevent the white fringe, you must turn off the anti-aliasing feature when you create your final PNG file.

Adobe Illustrator

Method 1: Exporting to a PNG

  1. Go to File > Export > Export As... or Save for Web (Legacy).
  2. Choose PNG (.png) as the file format.
  3. In the export settings window, set Background Color to Transparent.
  4. CRITICAL STEP: Find the Anti-aliasing setting and change it from "Art Optimized" or "Type Optimized" to None (or Off).
  5. Click Export/Save.

Method 2: Pasting into Photoshop

  • Copy your vector artwork from Illustrator.
  • In Photoshop, go to Edit > Paste.
  • CRITICAL STEP: When the Paste dialog appears, select Pixels and UNCHECK the box next to Anti-aliased.
Adobe Photoshop

When Using Shapes or Text

  • For the Text Tool, look at the Options Bar (top) and change the Anti-aliasing setting from "Strong" or "Sharp" to None.
  • For Shape Tools or Selection Tools, ensure any "Feather" or "Anti-aliasing" options are turned off or set to a value of 0.

When Saving the Final File

  • Go to File > Save As or File > Export > Export As.
  • Save your file as a PNG with Transparency enabled.
  • CRITICAL CHECK: Always zoom in on your final PNG before sending it to ensure the edges are sharp.
CorelDRAW

Exporting to a PNG

  1. Go to File > Export (or press $Ctrl+E$).
  2. Choose PNG - Portable Network Graphics as the file type.
  3. Click Export. This opens the Export PNG dialog box.
  4. On the Settings or General tab: Verify Transparency is enabled.Find the Anti-aliasing option.
  5. CRITICAL STEP: Make sure the Anti-aliasing checkbox is UNCHECKED (it must be off).
  6. Click OK/Export.

Quick Checklist for Perfect Artwork

  • Format: PNG (with transparent background).
  • Resolution: 300 DPI (Dots Per Inch) or higher.
  • Anti-aliasing: OFF/None on export.