For screen printing shops
Proofing software built for screen printing shops
Stop chasing artwork approvals over email and text. Send every customer a real garment mockup, get a clear written sign-off before you burn a screen, and keep the whole order in one place.
Approve the art before you burn a screen
A misread proof is an expensive mistake in screen printing — a wrong color, a logo an eighth of an inch off, a name spelled the way the customer typed it in a rushed email. Once the screen is burned and the press is running, that mistake is ink on garments you can’t sell.
DesignGrid puts the artwork on a real mockup of the exact garment, inside the print area you calibrate in inches. The customer sees what will actually print — front and back, in the colors they picked — and approves it with one click. The approval is recorded with a timestamp, so “that’s not what I asked for” becomes “here’s the proof you approved.”
Replace the email-and-text approval thread
Most shops run approvals out of an inbox: export a JPG, attach it, wait, get “can the logo be bigger?” back, repeat. Revisions pile up across email, text, and DMs, and nobody is sure which version is final.
Here the whole proof lifecycle lives on one page both sides can see — draft, submitted, changes requested, approved. Feedback is pinned to the exact spot on the proof, not buried in paragraph three of a reply. When something changes, the customer gets a branded email and an in-app notification automatically.
Run it under your own brand
Your customers never see “DesignGrid.” The portal carries your logo, your colors, and your shop name, on your own subdomain or a custom domain you already own. Approval emails come from your shop, not a third party.
To your customer it’s simply your shop’s proofing site — which is exactly how it should look when you’re the one building the relationship and the repeat business.
Keep the order together after approval
Approval isn’t the end of the job. DesignGrid carries the approved proof straight into an order with sizes, colors, quantities, and an invoice, and a simple fulfillment pipeline from placed to complete. Track on-hand stock per color and size when you want to, so you’re not promising garments you don’t have.
Everything tied to one customer — their designs, proofs, messages, and orders — sits in one place instead of scattered across tools.
Frequently asked questions
- Do my customers need to install anything?
- No. Customers get a link to your branded portal and work entirely in the browser — no app, no plugin. They can place artwork, review proofs, leave comments, and approve from a phone or a laptop.
- Can I show the print on the actual garment, not a generic template?
- Yes. You upload your own product photos and calibrate the print area in inches per view, so customers see their artwork on the exact garment and colors they ordered — front, back, and any other view you set up.
- Does an approval count as a record I can point back to?
- Yes. Every approval, change request, and revision is timestamped and kept with the proof, so there’s a clear written history of what the customer signed off on.
- Is it just for screen printing?
- No — shops doing DTG, embroidery, and other custom apparel use the same mockup-and-approval flow. Screen printers feel the “approve before you burn a screen” benefit most acutely, which is why this page leads with it.
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