DesignMint Prepress · the production artwork API

One artwork,
every platform.

Formatted and pushed — one API turns raw customer artwork into press-ready files, previews and mockups for every product you sell across screen print, DTG, DTF, laser, sublimation, UV and HTV, then delivers each platform's exact upload spec.

The prep chain — each step one call, or one pipeline
TriageUpscaleRemove backgroundQuantize colorsVectorizeValidatepress-ready
Capabilities

From a 500px logo
to a machine file.

Composable unit services and one-call pipelines. Every response carries a structured report, so your platform gets machine-readable metrics without a second request.

Prepare
Art preparation

Upscale to 300 DPI, remove backgrounds, quantize spot colors, vectorize, validate.

72 dpi→300 dpi ✓
Decorate
Decoration pipelines

Seven decoration methods, each a one-call pipeline with its own output format.

POST /v1/pipeline/dtg · 1 call
Color
Color intelligence

Pantone matching, separation PDFs, white-ink underbase, foil and spot-UV masks.

4 screens
Show
Mockups & lifestyle

Flat, ghost-mannequin and 3D mockups, plus AI lifestyle scenes with a QC gate.

scene 04 / 06QC pass ✓
Output
Print-ready export

Bleed, ICC profiles, CMYK with TAC limits, PDF/X-4, layered PSD bundles.

.pdf/x-4.psd.tiff
One call per method

Your press picks
the format.

Each pipeline chains the right prep for its decoration method and returns exactly what the machine expects.

PipelineGoes toOutput
Screen printPressPantone separations PDF
DTG · DTFGarment printer300 DPI PNG + underbase
LaserEngraverEngraving SVG + material preview
SublimationHeat pressMirrored PNG/TIFF · cut-and-sew ZIPs
UV printFlatbed printerUp to 1200 DPI PNG/TIFF
HTVVinyl cutterMirrored per-color SVG
Pricing · credit blocks

One currency. Every call.

Every service is priced in credits, and credits come in blocks — the same balance pays for an upscale, a mockup or a full pipeline run, on any plan. 1 credit = $0.01.

Buy credit blocks
Credit rates · every service1 credit = $0.01
Template3 credits / template
Upscale · remove background5 credits / image
Vectorize · AI image edit8 credits / image
Artworks10 credits / image
Mockup scene · lifestyle12 credits / image
Upscale · AI15 credits / image
Vectorize · AI18 credits / image
Volume pricing from 50,000 credits / motalk to us ✦
Credit blocks
Starter
$20
2,000 credits · 1¢ / credit
  • Every service and pipeline, one balance
  • Credits roll over for 3 months
  • Top up any time
Buy Starter — $20
Scale
$249
27,500 credits · 0.91¢ / credit · save 9%
  • Credits roll over for 12 months
  • Auto-refill at a threshold you set
  • Custom blocks past 50,000 credits / mo
Buy Scale — $249

Each block’s credits stay usable until its own window ends. SDK licenses include a credit allotment; hosted plans buy the same blocks. USD, excl. taxes.

Built as an API

REST in. Files out.

Prepress is a plain REST API: authenticate with an API key, POST a JSON body with an image URL, get the finished file back in the same response — nothing to poll.

  • New accounts get 500 free credits for 30 days once their email is verified, and failed calls are never charged
  • Every result in the response itself — no jobs, no polling
  • Credit and rate-limit headers on every paid response
API reference
Rate limits — per accountsame on every block
Every block60 calls a minute, all keys together
A busy accountraised on request
Past the limit429 + Retry-After
One platform, one limit — a Starter block runs on the same infrastructure as Scale. Calls past the limit are not charged; sustained volume past it is a quick conversation, not a bigger block.
Already inside the studio

One tap for your customers.

The same services power the studio's context menu — vectorize, upscale and remove-bg are one tap for a customer mid-design. The API is the same engine, exposed for your own pipelines.

See the studio
The studio on a product page, where premium services appear in the context menu

Seller uploads used to bounce between three tools. Now a 500px logo goes in and clean separations come out — one call per file.

Tomas RiveraPlatform ops · print marketplace
Prepress

Send us your worst upload.

A blurry 500px logo in, a press-ready file out. Try the pipeline on your own artwork.