Flawless Bee And Puppycat shirt
Any list of t-shirt printing title. tips on how to keep the cost down needs to include the types of decoration. If you’re going to customise a t-shirt, there are basically three options. Screen printing, DTG (Direct to Garment) printing and embroidery. Screen Printing – the most important thing you need to remember with screen printing is this: one colour = one screen. Therefore, fewer colours will reduce the number of screens and reduce cost. One (often-missed) nuance of this is the consistency of the colours. Identify your brand colours (the Pantone Matching System is great for this) and use those in your artwork and design. Many of the best-selling t-shirts utilise one or two basic colours printed onto the blank shirt. That’s no accident. Keeping stuff simple keeps the cost down and can have more visual impact. That said, simplicity is an art. It sells and is easier to produce, but it’s sometimes difficult to achieve.
DTG Printing – you’re best thinking about this for very small print runs and designs which are photographic in nature. By that, we mean intricate detail and a lot of colours and shades which are crucial to what you want to achieve. Direct to garment printing has come a long way. However, it still has limitations for business and carries in-built expense. Bulk printing continues to be best handled with screen printing. DTG is an area we’re expanding to meet demand, but in terms of cost, the hard truth is that it’s more expensive. That may change. Right now, depending on design, it may not be the cheapest option. Embroidery – it’s worth mentioning embroidery because it can be a good customisation option for small, simple designs. Something like a logo or badge, for example. The stitch count is what ultimately dictates the cost of an embroidered design, but you have to also remember that the weight and quality of the base t-shirt has to be right. The tee needs to be suitable for embroidery to be successful – made of cotton which is heavy enough to avoid puckering when stitched.
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Whilst the finished garments may often appear very similar – after all, a printed tee is a printed tee to most people – the two processes have significant differences title. These differences have an impact on the cost of your project and, perhaps more importantly, what you can actually print. How the ink hits the cloth may not be something you’ve given a great deal of thought, but it is important. We’ve put together a short comparison of the two techniques.
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