| -> | | | | screen onto the cloth. Digital printing is done in much |
| OK, so you have decided to take the big step and | | | | the same way as paper is printed on by a digital |
| finally have some custom t shirts designed for your | | | | printer. |
| band, to try to sell at shows at the local pub. Aside | | | | A Few Things to Consider |
| from your shirts looking nice and and showing your | | | | While a digital printer can do multiple colors in one |
| bands name around town, it would also be nice if you | | | | shot and doesn't require any set up tasks, it does |
| and your buds can make a few bucks on the deal, to | | | | have its shortcomings. To begin with, the ink has to |
| help buy some new equipment. So everything must | | | | be thin, so it will function in the digital printer. This |
| be done just right, so it will go off without a hitch. | | | | means that you are going to see your best results |
| Just as yo are ready to head out to have the deed | | | | on a lighter colored custom t shirt. Also, while smaller |
| done and your order filled, someone chirps up and | | | | digitally printed orders are cheaper, the numbers |
| asks "are we going to have them screen or digitally | | | | change when the order becomes bigger. This means |
| printed? | | | | that larger orders of screen printed shirts are going |
| Does it Really Matter? | | | | to be cheaper. |
| Whats the difference? Does it really matter how you | | | | Screen Printing for Dark Fabric |
| have your custom t shirts printed? That all depends | | | | For a darker custom t shirt, screen printing would |
| on a few factors that you have to take into | | | | have to be the only way to go. Thicker, goopy |
| consideration. Screen printing is the classical printing | | | | colors that are required to cover the dark cloth well |
| method, where the dye is forced through a silk | | | | just won't work in a digital printer. |