Screen printing stencil placement calculator

Calculate centred artwork left coordinate and centred artwork top coordinate with your own figures.

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Use the units shown. Results update as you change valid inputs.

Use centred artwork left coordinate and centred artwork top coordinate to compare changes to your inputs. The method and limits below explain the scope.

Examples

Examples

Try the starting example

Available garment print width (cm)
30
Available garment print height (cm)
40
Artwork width (cm)
20
Artwork height (cm)
10
Minimum margin on every side (cm)
5
Centred artwork left coordinate (cm)
5
Centred artwork top coordinate (cm)
15
Smallest edge clearance (cm)
5
Fit within all supplied margins
Yes

Try another scenario

Available garment print width (cm)
30
Available garment print height (cm)
40
Artwork width (cm)
40
Artwork height (cm)
10
Minimum margin on every side (cm)
5
Centred artwork left coordinate (cm)
-5
Centred artwork top coordinate (cm)
15
Smallest edge clearance (cm)
-5
Fit within all supplied margins
No
Calculation method

Calculation method

Centred artwork left coordinate (cm)

(Available width − artwork width)/2, measured from print-area left edge.

Centred artwork top coordinate (cm)

(Available height − artwork height)/2, measured from print-area top edge.

Smallest edge clearance (cm)

Minimum of horizontal and vertical centred clearances. Negative values indicate artwork outside the area.

Fit within all supplied margins

Yes only if both centred clearances are at least the supplied minimum margin.

Symbols and units
a
Available garment print width (cm)
b
Available garment print height (cm)
c
Artwork width (cm)
d
Artwork height (cm)
e
Minimum margin on every side (cm)

Use the units shown. A list keeps the order in which you enter its values. The symbol ^ means “raised to the power of”.

Assumptions & limits

Assumptions & limits

  • Centres an unrotated rectangular artwork inside a measured print area. Reports an oversized design as a no-fit result. Seams, garment curvature, stencil bleed, platen clamps and registration tolerances are excluded.
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