All-over print: template, panel size and DPI

All-over print template per panel, at least 150 dpi at print size, 9038 × 8148 px canvases, print shift from 0.5 inch (Printify) to 2 inches (Printful).

How the process treats your file

All-over-print garments are printed flat on fabric, then cut into panels and sewn. As Printify puts it, “all-over-print hoodies are cut and sewn, not printed whole.” The platform supplies a template per product, and the artwork has to reach the template’s outer edge, or bare fabric shows at hems and seams.

Sewing moves the print: the fabric moves slightly as panels get stitched together. No platform page read here states a seam allowance in millimetres or inches, so that measurement has to come from the downloaded template.

Resolution is stated at about 150 dpi at print size (Printful, Apliiq, Fourthwall). Printful gives 150 for everything that is not paper, while Printify recommends 300 and requires 120-150 for large products such as leggings, blankets and tapestries. Threadless gives 300 dpi for a leggings file made without its template; Apliiq recommends 300 and sets a minimum of 150 (Threadless, Apliiq). Panel files are large, for example 9038 × 8148 px. Printful and Fourthwall name sRGB; Threadless says RGB with no profile. No maker or RIP page was reached for this guide.

What the printers specify

All-over print template: one per panel and product

Download the platform’s template for the exact product before you build anything; it carries the panel shapes, the safe zone and the bleed line.

Printful (platform): “use the file templates for each product when creating your designs.” — Printful: Graphics and embroidery guide
Printful (platform), help centre: “you can also download design templates that include the correct dimensions, print area, and safe zones for the product.” — Printful help: Preparing your print file
Printify (platform): “Download the official print template file for the product.” and “It shows you the exact safe zone and bleed line boundaries” — Printify: AOP hoodie design tips
Printify (platform): “The hood lining and the front kangaroo pocket are separate physical fabric panels” — Printify: AOP hoodie design tips
Threadless (platform): “All Cut & Sew t-shirts require the Cut & Sew Print File Template.” and “The tee is assembled from five sections but has seven printable areas for designs.” — Threadless: Cut & Sew t-shirts 101
Apliiq (platform): “We have created a hoodie pocket and liner templates to help you create your artwork at an appropriate size and shape.” Pocket and liner are separate templates — Apliiq: Hoodie pockets and hood linings
Teelaunch (platform), hooded blanket (cut and sew, sublimated): “it is important to understand/use the print templates provided within the app” — Teelaunch: Hooded blankets best practices

Print area and canvas size

Canvas sizes are per product and run to thousands of pixels each way; Printful and Printify keep theirs inside the downloadable template.

Threadless (platform), cut-and-sew tee: “Your art file needs to be 60.253” wide x 54.32” high ( 9038 x 8148 px) to accommodate the largest print area.” — Threadless: Cut & Sew t-shirts 101
Threadless (platform), leggings: “If you are unable to use the template, you should set up your file as 8250 x 6415 pixels JPG 300 DPI” — Threadless: Leggings 101
Apliiq (platform): pocket 19” × 12.5”, recommended “5700 X 3750”; liner 28” × 20”, recommended “8400 X 6000”. Minimum liner 4200 × 3000 — Apliiq: Hoodie pockets and hood linings
Printful, Printify (platforms): dimensions are in the template, not on the pages read — Printful help: Preparing your print file

Resolution at print size

Build panel files at 150 dpi at the actual print size as a floor (Printful, Apliiq); Printify, Apliiq and Printful say 300 where there is fine detail or a recommendation.

Printful (platform): “All files must be at least 300 DPI for paper prints and 150 DPI for everything else.” This ties the value to a product category, not to AOP or to print size — Printful: Graphics and embroidery guide
Printful (platform), help centre, updated 2026-10-21: “Most apparel and large-format products require at least 150 DPI, while paper prints, smaller products, or products with fine detail may require 300 DPI for the best results.” and “Make sure the file is sized to match the actual print dimensions to ensure DPI is calculated correctly.” — Printful help: Preparing your print file
Printify (platform): “The recommended resolution for JPEG/PNG files is 300 DPI”. For large products such as leggings, blankets or tapestries, “then the required resolution is 120-150 DPI.” — Printify: Print file requirements
Threadless (platform), tee: “RBG color mode and 150 DPI.” (sic), for the 60.253” canvas — Threadless: Cut & Sew t-shirts 101
Threadless (platform), leggings: 300 DPI, for the fixed-size file used when the template cannot be used (see the canvas row) — Threadless: Leggings 101
Apliiq (platform): “Recommended file resolution is 300 DPI.” and “Minimum acceptable file resolution is 150 DPI.” — Apliiq: Hoodie pockets and hood linings
Fourthwall (platform): “At least 150 DPI at print size for apparel (all-over prints), 300 DPI for mugs, phone cases and other hard goods.” and “pixels = print size in inches × DPI.” — Fourthwall: Artwork best practices

File format and size

Printful and Fourthwall ask for JPEG for full-coverage art; Printify accepts JPEG, PNG and SVG with size caps.

Printful (platform): “For all-over print (AOP), sublimation printing, and paper printing, JPG files work better.” — Printful: Graphics and embroidery guide
Printful (platform): “Submit files in PNG or JPEG formats.” and “If you want your design to cover the whole product material, use JPEG.” — Printful: Creating an AOP file
Printify (platform): “These are the supported file types: JPEG, PNG, and SVG.” Maximum “100 MB for JPEG and PNG files, and 20 MB for SVG files.” — Printify: Print file requirements
Fourthwall (platform): “JPG or PNG (PNG if your artwork has a transparent background), in sRGB.” — Fourthwall: Artwork best practices

Colour mode and embedded profile

sRGB is the mode two platforms name; Printful gives the exact profile.

Printful (platform): “Don’t use different color profiles than the recommended sRGB.” (general, not AOP-specific) — Printful: Graphics and embroidery guide. Help centre: “Create and export your print file in the sRGB IEC61966-2.1 color profile.” — Printful help: Preparing your print file
Fourthwall (platform): “in sRGB”, and “Use sRGB for every product.” — Fourthwall: Artwork best practices
Threadless (platform): RGB, from “RBG color mode and 150 DPI.”; no profile is named — Threadless: Cut & Sew t-shirts 101
Printify (platform): not stated; the article contains neither “sRGB” nor “RGB” — Printify: Print file requirements
Apliiq (platform): mode and profile not stated; the page has a “Color preparation and matching” heading and says “Our artists do not color correct your artwork” — Apliiq: Hoodie pockets and hood linings

Transparency and alpha

Treat every transparent pixel as white fabric: Printful prints on white polyester and Apliiq says transparency becomes white.

Printful (platform): “If you want your design to have a transparent background, then PNG is your best choice.” — Printful: Creating an AOP file. Help centre, updated 2026-09-30: “If it doesn’t, use a transparent background and save it as a PNG to avoid white borders.” and “we print your design on large rolls of white polyester fabric” — Printful help: What is AOP
Apliiq (platform): “If there is any transparency in your file it will be white when your hoodie is produced.” — Apliiq: Hoodie pockets and hood linings
Fourthwall (platform), general section, sublimation not discussed: “A JPG has no transparency, so the whole rectangle, background included, prints.” — Fourthwall: Artwork best practices
Printify, Threadless (platforms): not stated. The word “transparency” in Printify’s AOP limitations article is about ink showing the white fabric through, not about an alpha channel — Printify: AOP limitations

White handling and base fabric

The base is white fabric; there is no white ink to put on top, so light areas are the fabric and dark saturated areas can read grey.

Printful (platform): “We’re using white fabric to ensure the best possible design outcome.” and “All-over printing (AOP) is suited for light-colored fabrics…” — Printful: Creating an AOP file
Printify (platform): “The payoff: full-bleed extension means no unprinted white fabric lines show up near the cuffs or hems.” — Printify: AOP hoodie design tips
Printify (platform), updated 2026-10-14: “putting a saturated color or design on top, such as pitch-black, may sometimes translate to a gray/charcoal gray tone.” — Printify: AOP limitations
Apliiq (platform): transparency prints white (see the previous row) — Apliiq: Hoodie pockets and hood linings
Threadless (platform): “The neck taping will always be black.” — Threadless: Cut & Sew t-shirts 101

Minimum line and text size

Not stated for apparel by any source read; the pages only say to keep text and key graphics inside the safe area. The one figure is for AOP footwear and is in pixels with no print size, so it cannot be turned into a line weight.

Printful (platform): “Keep all the important graphics or texts within the safe print area.” — Printful: Creating an AOP file
Printify (platform), AOP footwear only: “We strongly recommend a minimum font size of 5 px” — Printify: AOP limitations

Bleed and safe zone

Run the background to the outer edge of the template, and keep text and key graphics inside the safe zone; no platform states the seam allowance as a number.

Printify (platform): “Extend your background graphics completely to the outermost edge of the template grid” and “Push it to the edge and every seam prints clean.” — Printify: AOP hoodie design tips
Printify (platform), help centre, updated 2026-10-11: “We strongly recommend covering 100% of the bleed area with your design.” and “the material in this area is typically used for functional purposes (i.e., inner seams).” It defines the bleed area as “the gray area around the outside of the printable area.” — Printify: Safe areas and bleeds
Printful (platform): “Stay inside the recommended area to ensure your design isn’t sewn in or cut off.” The page does not mention bleed — Printful: Graphics and embroidery guide
Printful (platform): “Use graphics that can fill the design template to cover the entire product.” and “That will also prevent the design elements from being sewn into the seams.” — Printful: Creating an AOP file
Teelaunch (platform), hooded blanket: “The safe zone is denoted by the areas outlined in green.” and “Anything outside of the safe zone runs the risk of getting trimmed off.” — Teelaunch: Hooded blankets best practices
Threadless (platform), leggings: the art should “cover the entire area of the template including outside of the” safe printable area — Threadless: Leggings 101
Threadless (platform), tee: “All cuts may have around a 1” margin of error, so the material can show more or less of the design shown in the template.” — Threadless: Cut & Sew t-shirts 101

Ink limits

Not stated by the platforms, and no maker or RIP page was reached; no limit is given here.

Pattern continuity and placement shift

Do not build a design that needs exact placement across a seam: the three platforms that state a tolerance give half an inch to two inches, for different causes.

Printful (platform): “We don’t recommend using graphics that require a precise design placement on all-over print products.” — Printful: Graphics and embroidery guide. Help centre, updated 2026-10-09: “Due to the nature of sublimation printing, your design may shift slightly during printing, up to 2 inches in any direction.” — Printful help: All-over printing
Printify (platform): “the fabric moves slightly as panels get stitched together.” and “Fabric shift will split your key visual right down the middle.” — Printify: AOP hoodie design tips. Placement against the mockup may vary “by no more than 0.5″ or 1.27 cm in most cases” — Printify: Safe areas and bleeds
Threadless (platform): “Tileable patterns or repeating designs are the easiest to work with.” The cut tolerance of around 1 inch is in the bleed row — Threadless: Cut & Sew t-shirts 101
Printful (platform), tutorial heading, not a sewing specification: “create perfectly aligned designs from seam to seam” — Printful: Creating an AOP file

Size scaling and pattern pieces

One file can serve every size on Threadless; Apliiq uses a separate template per piece; Printify’s page does not say.

Threadless (platform), tee: “Only one art file is required to add each size of the Cut & Sew tees.” — Threadless: Cut & Sew t-shirts 101
Threadless (platform), leggings: “The printed design will be cropped and sewn based on size.” Dotted lines on the template show where XS and XXL are cut — Threadless: Leggings 101
Apliiq (platform): a seamstress aligns the fabric to the exact shape of each hoodie pocket or liner (paraphrased). — Apliiq: Hoodie pockets and hood linings
Printify (platform): “you may want to adjust the file placement for each size variant separately, as the size of the print area is slightly different.” — Printify: Safe areas and bleeds

Where the sources disagree

Stated DPI: a 150 minimum at print size, or a fixed 300 DPI file

Threadless asks for a leggings file made without its template at 8250 × 6415 px and 300 DPI (Threadless). Printful says “Most apparel and large-format products require at least 150 DPI” (Printful help), Fourthwall says “At least 150 DPI at print size” for all-over prints (Fourthwall), and Apliiq gives a minimum of 150 DPI (Apliiq). Printify recommends 300 and requires 120-150 for large products (Printify).

On the floor: the pages do not name the same quantity. Threadless’s 300 DPI belongs to a fixed-size fallback file, and the others state a minimum at print size, so the 150 figures agree with each other. The risk is reading one platform’s 300 as another’s floor, or sizing to a DPI figure instead of the template’s pixel dimensions.

What fails on the floor

All three cases below are descriptions on platform pages. None shows the file next to the result.

Bare fabric at cuffs and hems

Cause in the file: artwork stops short of the template’s bleed line. Printify lists “Artwork not extended to the bleed line.” as a mistake, and says “full-bleed extension means no unprinted white fabric lines show up near the cuffs or hems.” (Printify)

Key visual split at a seam

Cause in the file: a face or logo placed on a seam or panel boundary. Printify lists “Trend-critical detail placed on a seam or panel boundary.” and says “Fabric shift will split your key visual right down the middle.” (Printify)

Transparent area printed white on a hoodie liner

Cause in the file: alpha in an uploaded layer. Apliiq states the result as a rule, not as something observed: “If there is any transparency in your file it will be white when your hoodie is produced.” (Apliiq)

What shops ask on the forums

Two file questions came up in at least two threads since 2024. The quotes are the askers’ opening posts; replies are not used. Most all-over threads were about suppliers, shipping, price and fabric feel and are left out as not file-side. Both questions rest on two or three threads, mostly from new sellers on Printful, and the sources in this guide answer them only in part.

“What size and export settings does an all-over file need, and how do I repeat a pattern without it stretching or printing too big?”

“when I upload the single tile it tells me it’s too low res and stretches it to fill the full work area” — Forum: Any way to tile uploaded patterns across all over prints?, September 2026. Also asked in Forum: Advice Needed: All Over Printing the Image is too big, February 2026: “The images of my family printed way too big.” That post gives a 12 x 12 in, 3600 x 3600 px square at 300 DPI made to repeat. And in Forum: Tips for making all of hoodie print designs, July 2025: “the best color settings/export settings/ and rendering resolution and/or sizes”.

What our sources say: Printful asks for JPEG when the design covers the whole product (Printful), the sRGB IEC61966-2.1 profile, at least 150 DPI for most apparel and large-format products, and a file sized to the actual print dimensions “to ensure DPI is calculated correctly” (Printful help). Printify recommends 300 DPI and requires 120 to 150 DPI for large products such as leggings and blankets (Printify). The canvas comes from each platform’s template, with Threadless giving 9038 x 8148 px for its cut-and-sew tee (Threadless). None of our sources says how big a repeat tile should be inside a template, how a platform’s pattern tool scales one, or why a single tile is flagged as low resolution and stretched.

“How do I line up artwork across separate panel templates (front and back, left and right leg)?”

“an image you want to put it in AOP without being distorted front and back side” — Forum: How to handle AOP design?, March 2025. Also asked in Forum: Print custom text on shorts, August 2024: “The design templates are separated by leg, and I am struggling to line up my text symmetrically across both templates.”

What our sources say: Printful does not recommend graphics that need precise placement on all-over products (Printful) and says a design may shift up to 2 inches in any direction (Printful help). Printify says the fabric moves slightly as panels are stitched and fabric shift can split a key visual, and that placement against the mockup may vary by no more than 0.5 in in most cases (Printify, Printify). Threadless gives about 1 in of cut tolerance (Threadless). None of our sources says how to align one image across two panel templates or keep a non-repeating image undistorted across front and back; the figures above say exact alignment cannot be promised.

Preflight before you upload

Download the template for the exact product; for a hoodie, the pocket and liner are separate panels (Printify, Apliiq).
Canvas at the template’s pixel size: 9038 × 8148 px for the Threadless cut-and-sew tee; 8250 × 6415 px JPG at 300 DPI only for a Threadless leggings file made without the template (Threadless tee, Threadless leggings).
At least 150 DPI at the actual print dimensions, 300 where there is fine detail (Printful help, Fourthwall).
Pixels = print size in inches × DPI; check the product’s pixel size against that, not against a DPI label (Fourthwall).
sRGB, with the sRGB IEC61966-2.1 profile for Printful (Printful help).
JPEG when the art fills the whole area; PNG only for gaps, which print as white fabric (Printful, Printful help).
File under the cap: 100 MB for Printify JPEG and PNG, 20 MB for SVG (Printify).
No transparent pixels you do not want to see as white (Apliiq).
Background runs to the outermost edge of the template; cover 100% of the bleed area (Printify, Printful).
Text and key graphics inside the safe zone (Printful, Teelaunch).
No face, logo or key detail on a seam or panel boundary (Printify).
Nothing that needs exact placement: allow up to 2 inches of print shift at Printful, about 1 inch of cut margin at Threadless, 0.5 inch at Printify (Printful help, Threadless, Printify).
Check pitch-black and saturated areas against a grey result on the white base (Printify).
Adjust placement per size variant where the print area changes; on Threadless leggings the design is cropped by size (Printify, Threadless).

Sources, checked on 2026-10-24

Forum threads

Reddit r/printful: Any way to tile uploaded patterns across all over prints?, opening post September 2026
Reddit r/printful: Advice Needed: All Over Printing the Image is too big, opening post February 2026
Reddit r/printondemand: Tips for making all of hoodie print designs, opening post July 2025
Reddit r/printful: How to handle AOP design?, opening post March 2025
Reddit r/printondemand: Print custom text on shorts, opening post August 2024

Could not check

Mimaki, Epson SureColor F-series, Roland, Kornit, Durst, ErgoSoft, Caldera, ONYX: no result reached their cut-and-sew or panel-file guidance, so no maker or RIP row exists. This is the largest gap in the table.
Optitex, Gerber and Lectra seam and nesting conventions: nothing found. The CLO pages return 403 on /hc/; a CLO community post (2021) about white stripes at the seam allowance shows no result and is not used.
Gelato, Prodigi, Redbubble, Spring, Gooten and Contrado AOP specs: not read.
Printful per-product templates, pixel sizes and seam allowance: downloads behind the File guidelines tab, not read. Printify per-product pixel sizes sit in the client-rendered Product Creator.
Apliiq main site (429) and Art of Where safe-area page (403): not read.
Maximum ink, pattern-piece orientation and mirroring, and who upscales: no page read states them.