A logo can look perfect on screen and still fail at the press. Here are five signs your logo is never going to print cleanly ΓÇö and how a careful manual re-trace fixes each one.

1. It gets visibly fuzzy when scaled up. That is raster data, not vector paths.

2. You cannot open it in Illustrator or Inkscape. Real vector files live inside AI, EPS, SVG and PDF ΓÇö not just PNGs.

3. Colors shift between screens and prints. Printers need CMYK/PMS, not RGB approximations.

4. The lines have no smooth curves. Auto-traced edges look jagged under a loupe.

5. You are nervous about using it on merch. Embroidery and screen print need clean, simplified shapes.

Every one of these is fixable with zero auto-trace and 100% human precision.