| Well, have you decided to take a leap and have a | | | | For custom t shirts of darker shades, the only option |
| few custom t shirts made for your group of friends | | | | would be to use screen printing. Since thicker colors |
| in college? Are you interested in selling t-shirts that | | | | are needed to cover the dark colored fabric |
| are made using screen printing online? There are | | | | effectively, digital printing just won’t work here. |
| websites which let you put up online stores on your | | | | In t-shirt screen printing, thick dye is passed through |
| website and pay you for each t-shirt sold from there. | | | | the screen with the help of a plastic spatula. |
| And what’s more, they even pay you for every | | | | Screen printing also called serigraphy or silk screen |
| t-shirt sold using a design that you created. So wake | | | | printing entails making a design stencil and literally |
| up that artistic genius within you and contribute to | | | | imprinting different colored inks into the material of |
| the t-shirt screen printing business. | | | | the t-shirt. It is the most often used kind of printing |
| Do you think it matters at all whether you employ | | | | used in branded styles as well as other areas. |
| screen printing method or digital printing to create | | | | Following are the advantages of t-shirt screen |
| your cool t-shirts? What exactly is the difference | | | | printing: |
| between the two? T-shirt screen printing is the | | | | • Instead of the ink bonding with the surface |
| traditional way wherein the dye is passed through a | | | | of the fabric, it is absorbed by it. |
| silk screen and on to the fabric of the t-shirt. Digital | | | | • The size of the design is immaterial as it is |
| printing, on the other hand, is more like printing on a | | | | possible to even print one covering the entire t-shirt. |
| sheet of paper with the help of a digital printer. | | | | • It is perfect for bulk printing as it gets |
| The advantage of using a digital printer would be that | | | | increasingly cheaper as the number of pieces |
| several colors can be printed at one stroke and does | | | | increases. |
| not need any setup work to be done. However, it | | | | • T-shirt screen printing gives you a better |
| does have some shortcomings. First of all, the ink has | | | | overall quality and feel. |
| to rather thin so that it will work well in the digital | | | | Of all the print processes, t-shirt screen printing is the |
| printer which implies that it will yield best results on a | | | | longest lasting as it will outlive the life of the t-shirt. |
| t-shirt that is light colored. And even though a small | | | | Although several forms of print manufacturing might |
| quantity of digitally printed t-shirts can work out quite | | | | have moved into the age of digital printing, textile |
| cheap, bigger lots can work out be quite expensive | | | | screen printing for garments has maintained its |
| as compared to the ones using screen printing. So it | | | | position as the most cost effective solution of |
| is obvious that one should go in for t-shirt screen | | | | printing on t-shirts. |
| printing in case of bulk orders. | | | | |