Online image customization and printing on merchandise

A computer implemented system for customizing an image to be printed on a printable surface of an item selected by a user, comprising:

• an image server comprising:
• an image submission module for submitting said image on a host website by said user;
• an image filter module for enabling selection of at least one of a plurality of image filters for the image by the user, wherein said image filter module further enables adjustment of settings of said selected image filters by the user;
• an image customization module for customizing the image using said adjusted settings of the selected image filters, wherein said image customization module further enables customization of external attributes of said item selected by the user;
• an image regeneration module for regenerating said customized image for each of the adjusted settings of the selected image filters;
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• a printing facility for printing the customized image on said printable surface of the item selected by the user.

A computer program product comprising computer executable instructions embodied in a computer-readable medium, wherein said computer program product comprises:

• a first computer parsable program code for enabling submission of an image on a host website by a user;
• a second computer parsable program code for enabling selection of at least one of a plurality of image filters by said user, wherein said image filters are provided on said host website;
• a third computer parsable program code for enabling adjustment of settings of said selected image filters by the user;
• a fourth computer parsable program code for customizing said image using said adjusted settings of the selected image filters;
• a fifth computer parsable program code for regenerating said customized image for each of the adjusted settings of the selected image filters;
• a sixth computer parsable program code for customizing external attributes of an item selected by the user;
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• a seventh computer parsable program code for printing the customized image on a printable surface of said item.