The Pro S And Con S Of Using Screen Printing For T Shirt Transfers Designs

By Timothy Lewis


T-shirts can be viewed in one of two ways. The first is as a means of keeping the body covered and perhaps looking good at the same time, while the other method is to used this undiscerning garment as a means to promote a brand or a business, without shoving it down people s throats. And yet, if done right it can be very effective but some important decisions need to be taken about the t shirt transfers designs before anything else.

Firstly, how will the business or brand material be printed. As different ways of printing have different strengths and are suited to some types of functions more than others. One could argue that it s a t-shirt and that as long as what they want printed appears then it doesn t matter what method they used. But those people couldn t be any more wrong.

Another advantage of this specific method of printing is that due to the factor of it being inexpensive, it makes it quite easy to print more and more items of clothing specific to demand. Not only does this save one money overall but it reduces the number of resources being resources.

The direct to garment technique. This is a different beast altogether and requires whatever is being transferred to be printed directly onto the garment, like a blank t-shirt for example. This t-shirt printing method is great for professional looking finished products and makes the cost of creating them really cheap. Especially when you consider the fact that it can print in a wide variety of colors.

A great way to print t-shirts at home is through the use of what is known as the Heat transfer Paper method. As the name implies, it s through the use of transfer paper, which can be bought from any retailer and then use a printer in order to print the design that one would use on their custom t-shirt.

Closely, linked to that, is the style s inability to reproduce colors accurately at a rate that would make it viable for the mass printing of t-shirts.

The disadvantage of using heat press is that it takes a long time and therefore, it s not recommended for mass printing. Also, the method is only ideal for those who intend on creating and printing material that is in a light color, which means there s a limitation on what can be printed. The biggest disadvantage, however, is that due to the manner in which the t-shirts are customized, heat sensitive garments cannot be used to make custom t-shirts.

There are many ways to customize a t-shirt through printing, but the above mentioned should work best for large scale and small scale printing. Because once everything is said and done, whether the printing has been done professionally or through a DIY method, it s about having a unique item of clothing that can be worn, a way to promote a brand or even be given as a gift to a friend or a loved one or even a colleague




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