The Printing Process On The T-Shirt

The newest method of t-shirt printing is the Direct to Garment (DTG) method. This method is similar to screen printing but uses industrial quality inkjet. Because the use of this method is new, it has become the most talked about method at t-shirt printing trade shows.

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Another method is Direct To Garment (DTG) printing. This is a method of running the actual shirt through a printer which prints the image on to the shirt just as a standard in home ink jet printer would print out a document from your computer. There has been some talk in the design community of the ink drying or clumping up in these machines, but I have seen the work they do and it looks great and feels great on the shirt. This is a higher end option at this time with some printers going for around $25,000. You could get a used on for around $16,000, but it would take a lot of shirts to pay off that large of an investment.

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Today's t-shirt printing technologies have also undergone some changes so they're not the same as the screen printing technologies of the past. Due to the innovative heat t-shirt printing processes of today, consumers are allowed to order just a single piece of a shirt for each design. They no longer have to order hundreds of shirts for just one design, like in the past. So this means consumers can order t-shirts that only they will have. This puts a unique touch to any ensemble you come up with using your custom t-shirt.

If you have a slogan or USP (unique selling proposition), would it be appropriate for the custom apparel? This is an extremely subjective question that only you can answer. For instance, for a cleaning company or moving company, it would be very appropriate. But for more of a conservative real estate company, the logo might be enough. Then again, a real estate company might want to stand out with a bold statement, so it really depends on the direction you want to take with your advertising and promotion on custom T shirt printing.

Now I would like to mention that in this article I have frequently compared T-Shirt transfer printing to screen printing. Screen printing has two distinct benefits. You are able to use white ink and the ink for screen printing is designed specifically for fabric.

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