Custom T-Shirts - Choosing Between Screen Printing and Digital Printing

When buying custom t-shirts, many buyers areoffer as much as a 50 percent price deduction for
unclear on whether to have their shirts screen printedhigher quantity shirt orders.
or digital printed. Each method of printing produces aAnother factor that must be taken into consideration
different result on the shirt. This article will explain theis the color of the t-shirt. When buying light colored
advantages and disadvantages of each type of shirtt-shirts, such as white or natural colored t-shirts, both
printing, and hopefully help you decide which methoddigital printing and screen printing are acceptable for
is best for you and your customized t-shirts.your custom t-shirts. However, when ordering darker
One of the main factors in deciding which type ofcolored shirts, like blue or black, the digital printing
shirt printing to use is the quantity of shirts that areoption is eliminated. The ink used in digital printing
going to be ordered. Digital printing, in general, is moresimply is not strong enough to penetrate through the
suited towards smaller orders, since there is nodarker colors of the shirt.
minimum quantity - you have the option of orderingFinally, the print itself must be taken into
just one custom t-shirt. With screen printing,consideration. Digital printing produces a very colorful
however, ordering a single custom t-shirt isprint that is not high resolution, but also leaves the
unreasonable because. There are relatively high setupt-shirt very soft to the touch. Printing more colors
costs involved with screen printing that go away onlyusing digital printing will not increase the price of the
when many shirts are ordered. On the other hand,shirt. Screen printed t-shirts produces a stronger print
the cost of digital printed t-shirt does not decreasethat can sustain very many uses and countless times
very much as the quantity of shirts orderedin the washing machine.
increases. For example, the cost of digital printing willBy choosing the correct printing method, you are one
only decrease by 10 or 20 percent as the number ofstep closer to having your own custom t-shirts.
shirts ordered increases, but screen printing may