T-Shirt Printing Techniques
We provide all the most popular printing techniques for garments. We are confident that with us you will find the most suitable technique for your brand. We have choices for small orders and bulk t-shirt printing that can be perfect for both personalized gifts and company needs, such as networking events or branded staff uniforms.
Screen Printing
Since the 1950s T-Shirt screen printing has meant the process of making a stencil for a design, piece of artwork, or logo, then placing it in a silk mesh screen, and finally rolling a squeegee over the screen to push ink onto a desired garment. A different screen must be made and used for each different color required by the design—we refer to this as set-up costs. These set-up costs can accumulate quite rapidly and be expensive so we do not recommend this method for short-run orders, but with orders of 25 items or more. If your design has loads of colors then we might suggest even 50 items or more.
Embroidery
The essence of T-Shirt embroidery is a long-lasting and professional finish that comes at a very reasonable price. An embroidery is a brilliant option for creating a quality club or business brand identity by branding employee uniforms or corporate workwear. Embroidered clothing can be very versatile in that it can be done to virtually any garment, given that the stitching is tight-knit, by computerized embroidery machines. A design may need altering to achieve the best quality result. Large embroidered badges can be costly.
All designs to be embroidered must be digitized or made into a suitable file format for embroidery machines. This process also produces a stitch count, which is what we use to determine the cost of the embroidery job.
DTG Printing
The latest in DTG printing UK industry technology that produces full color printed t-shirts and non-textile items too. This method uses highly sophisticated digital inkjet printers to print directly onto dark and light garments and non-textile items. DTG is perfect for short-run orders and multicolored designs because it does not require the set-up costs incurred by screen printing. The durability of the print is not as excellent as with screen printing but the difference is negligible. We always recommend DTG for small volume jobs (25-50 units) and even with larger run quantities with very detailed designs that would prove to be uneconomical with screen printing.
Transfer Printing
The essence of T-Shirt embroidery is a long-lasting and professional finish that comes at a very reasonable price. An embroidery is a brilliant option for creating a quality club or business brand identity by branding employee uniforms or corporate workwear. Embroidered clothing can be very versatile in that it can be done to virtually any garment, given that the stitching is tight-knit, by computerized embroidery machines. A design may need altering to achieve the best quality result. Large embroidered badges can be costly.
All designs to be embroidered must be digitized or made into a suitable file format for embroidery machines. This process also produces a stitch count, which is what we use to determine the cost of the embroidery job.
If you have any further questions or inquiries please feel free to contact us!