Steps in Doing T-Shirt Printing

By Anthony Alfano


Very Common T-Shit Printing Process

You can apply a lot of procedures when making some T-shirt designs; and, with regards to others, there are also pros and cons to every procedure. In T-Shirt printing, screen printing, heat transfer and direct to garment are the 3 primary techniques applied.

Screen printing is the first procedure applied. Screen printing is the most well-known procedure. It is the simplest; it just also needs less tools for you to achieve t-shirt printing. In the process of screen printing, they apply a woven mesh and a stencil design is laid above the mesh; it then matches a screen. Later, put the clean T-shirt on top of a table and place it below the screen. After that, set the screen above the shirt, compact (with force) a roller on top of the screen to drive the ink to the shirt for the design to come out. This technique is fast and economical; this is urged to apply this technique when printing sizes of from medium to large.

Other usual process of Printing T-shirts is heat transfer. Rather than a bare shirt with screen print, you may want to use this process. It may be a complex procedure, but it will guarantee you a result of clear and crisp design. Start off with the correct combination of ink, paper as well as printer so your printing method can be pushed through. Any sort of heat facility will move the ink to the shirt after the design is fixed on the shirt. The ink will dry immediately and will certainly stay there for a period of time. For a product made at home, you can make use of the popular tool for heat source which is the heat press. either on a production area or an iron for clothes. Because this process is a little slower and less economical, it is appropriate to be used when printing is from low to medium.

The DTG (direct to garment) is the last major process for creating T-shirt designs. This is the latest kind of printing. It has slowly become a process which a lot of the top T-shirt manufacturers use; it gives better outcome; a wide range of designs could be possible. The shirt is set on an ink jet printer; then the design is laser printed onto the T-shirt. The outcome will be clear as well as a crisp picture. The amount will rely on the kind of printer for DTG used. The very smallest one has only a head. This speed and cost for this process will rely on the DTG printer applied. This is encouraged for any quantity of printing.

For any kind of T-shirt that you design, be it for you or for others, you should always find a logo to merge onto any t-shirt; it is important. When you have a logo that also has your name written on it, you are introducing your own brand and also letting people know your products. For this purpose, Clothing labels that are customized influence excellently. Your clients will recognize you and will then anticipate on how your products look like. A lot of clothing label's qualities can be seen in the market today. You can choose, either printed, cotton or woven labels. It will, of course rely on your taste and your personal feel as to which label you will put to your products.




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