T-Shirt Printing Process - Secrets Revealed

There are two ways to design your shirt. Either you just do it online since there are already companies that allow you to buy online. They provide a program wherein you can upload photos or personal design you want. Then you can do transaction with them through their website also. You can also design your shirt by manually doing it. The advantage about this is of course, you spend less and you don't need to wait for days or weeks before you can wear your shirt. You just need to prepare the graphic to be printed in your transfer sheet, iron it then after a few minutes you can already wear your very own unique shirt.

Now you need to fill the blank space with images, photos and maybe some text. You can source images on the Internet. If you visit the Google homepage and type in what you are looking for? for Example 'Love Heart' and them click search - this will show you web results. To see the images of a Love Heart that Google has found. However if you click 'Images' at the top left-hand side of the browser, just above the Google logo, it will show you the image results.

Having the creation of image or text done, we proceed to make screens. Image imprints are used for the creation of screens. The screens are then placed on the T-shirt screen printing machine. Placing the screens on the right place is a complicated process as it requires utmost care while placing or else everything will go wrong.

Why not look at previous winners, and other T shirts that you like, and see if you can establish why you like them, and why they are popular. What about speaking to other T Shirt designers and seeing what inspires them, or what else you can learn from them?

T-shirt design printing gives infinite possibilities to all the manufacturers and also their consumers. T-shirt design printing is the most useful way for spreading any kind of awareness. If there is a thought flowing through your head, which you would want to share, the best way is to print it on a T-shirt and see that people are reading it. All of this when you don't have to say much but in fact you are saying a lot.

Let's take a look at screen printing. Screen printing is the method of developing an image on to a screen, most generally a nylon screen nowadays, and then placing ink through the screen on to a T shirt. This is the old school tried and true method that some purists think is the only way to go about making a cool t shirt. Well, it is a great method, but not nearly the only method available. Screen printing can be relatively expensive if you get a 4 color machine with the rotating arms that looks like a partially amputated octopus. You have to also have supplies on hand such as a dryer, ink, screens, and an assortment of different size and color of t shirts. This could set you back around $1500 for up front costs.

Many people go to the extent of getting their own T-shirt printed. One can use anything for printing; it does not necessarily have to be a message. One can have a picture of scenery or that of his/her favorite actor. Another innovative concept that is gaining ground is having your family photo over your shirt. This is good business for the T-shirt manufacturing companies. Screen printing and digital printing are the two methods of T-shirt printing used nowadays. The time it takes to print on a T-shirt, is reduced due to the advent of modern machines.