THE PROS AND CONS OF CUSTOM T-SHIRT PRINTING

1. THE PROS AND CONS OF CUSTOM T-SHIRT PRINTING

2. Index • Screen Printing Pros of Screen Printing Cons of Screen Printing • Direct to garment printing Pros of Direct to garment printing Cons of Direct to garment printing • Embroidery Pros of Embroidery Cons of Embroidery • Transfer printing

3. Custom T-shirt printing is something that everybody has recently demanded for personalised use or for advertising purposes. • Custom T-shirt printing is something that almost everyone out there adopts, for which different techniques have developed. • For designing the T-shirts you want to wear, the strategies are perfect and each one inevitably holds its positive and negative side. • You need to be aware of what the techniques of custom T-shirt printing are and what their pros and cons are before you hurry for any of the services. • The tips listed below will certainly help you acquire a great deal of information:

5. Screen Printing • A screen or stencil is pressed against the cloth in this method of custom T-shirt printing, and various colours are used to paint the displays. • It is one of the most common methods and overlays one layer copy over the other.

6. Pros of Screen Printing • -Screen printing delivers high-quality output • -If you want to print T-shirts in bulk, it is one of the strategies you should look forward to, as it is very cost-effective. • -Provides durable output

7. Cons of Screen Printing • -For different colours, different stencils or screens are needed. • -As it is a stepwise approach, the development of final crafted T-shirts can involve several steps or phases.

8. Direct to garment printing- • It is one of the newly established techniques and, as the name implies, it directly prints the ink on clothes. • As the dye or ink works its way deep down into the fibre, it does not give the T-shirt an outward or bulging feeling.

9. Pros of Direct to garment printing • -In one print, a different number of colours can be used for one custom T-shirt • -Highly productive for intricate designs • -If you are looking forward to printing your custom T-shirt, the technique may be the most fitting

10. Cons of Direct to garment printing • -This type of printing can be expensive for bulk ordering • -If the fabric is darker in colour, the process may be complicated.

11. Embroidery • Actually, this is not a type of printing, but the design or logo is kind of stitched on your T-shirt and is well known for professional printing. • Pros of Embroidery • -Especially if you are looking forward to working on polo T-shirts, it is appropriate to have professional looks. • -The approach produces enduring results and is successful for large design patterns.

12. Cons of Embroidery • -In the case of complex patterns, the procedure turns out to be difficult. • -The quality output varies with the underlying fibre.

13. Transfer printing- • This is one of the methods used for designing custom T-shirts and is used to transfer an image, creating a permanent effect, from one medium to another. • Transfer printing can be achieved by heat transfer, laser transfer or inkjet transfer, and as a bulging image is seen on the T-shirt, it is typically distinguishable from other printing types.

14. Pros of Transfer printing • -Easiest printing process for complicated designs • -This does not include multiple colours or screens, a picture is transferred as a whole instead. • -T-shirts can easily be personalised according to consumer comfort. • -The same is definitely beneficial if you want to purchase custom printed T-shirts in bulk.

15. Cons of Transfer printing • -The result is not robust and depends on the underlying fibre as well. • -For Tees with complex backgrounds or darker shades, the process might not be successful.

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