Most full-front prints are 12 × 16 inches, and some shirts go up to 15 × 18. Left-chest logos are usually 2.5 to 5 inches wide. Build your file at the size you'll print, at 300 pixels per inch (250 to 300 is the working range, depending on the artwork), and it'll print sharp.
The exact limit depends on the provider and the shirt. Here are the numbers they publish (checked November 2026).
Most full-front prints are 12 × 16 inches. Some shirts go up to 15 × 18.
Left-chest logos usually run 2.5 to 5 inches wide.
Inches × 300 = the pixels your file needs to print sharp.
The pixel rule
For about 300 per inch: inches × 300 = pixels you need. A 12 × 16 print needs 3,600 × 4,800 pixels. If your file has fewer, it's too small for that size. Check yours in the DPI calculator.
Full front
- Printful, select tees (Bella+Canvas 3001 L to 5XL, Bella+Canvas 3413 L to 4XL, Cotton Heritage MC1082 M to 3XL): 15 × 18 in, so a file of 4,500 × 5,400 px.
- Printful, most other t-shirts: 12 × 16 in, so 3,600 × 4,800 px.
- Gooten, most t-shirts and apparel (some small sizes are smaller, oversized are larger): 14 × 16 in, so 4,200 × 4,800 px.
Smaller sizes print smaller. On Printful's Bella+Canvas 3001 in M, S and XS, the 15 × 18 area is scaled down to 11.5 × 13.8 inches. A design 10 inches wide prints about 7.7 inches wide. Printify also scales designs down for smaller shirts, and doesn't scale them up past size L.
Left chest
No provider publishes a hard print limit here, only a range. Printful and Printify both recommend 2.5 to 5 inches square, and Printify calls 4 × 4 inches the standard for adult shirts. (Printful's 4 × 4 maximum is for embroidery only.)
At 300 per inch, 4 inches is 1,200 pixels and 5 inches is 1,500.
Back
Printful's maximum for direct-to-garment is 10 × 12 up to 12 × 16 inches, depending on the product. Printify gives an average range of 10 to 14 inches wide for a full back. At 300 per inch, 12 × 16 is 3,600 × 4,800 pixels and 10 × 12 is 3,000 × 3,600.
Where to find the exact number for your product
Printify says print areas depend on the product, the provider and sometimes the item size, so look in the upload section of its Product Creator. On Printful, open the product's File guidelines tab. Its placement guide calls its placements "general guidelines" and says exact positioning varies by shirt size.
DTF transfers are different
Buying DTF transfers or gang sheets from a supplier is a sheet size, not a shirt size. Many suppliers sell sheets 22 inches wide, and some offer 24 or 30 inches. How big the design sits on the shirt is up to you and your press. Build a gang sheet free.
Check your size
Check a File Free with your print size selected, or run the DPI calculator.