Screen Printing

First, your design is created on the computer and separated by color. The screen is prepared by coating it with a light sensitive photo emulsion (a liquid that is coated, drys and becomes like a sheet of film that is attached to a mesh stretched tight on a Frame). and exposing it to UV light to harden the areas around the design. The non-hardened emulsion is rinsed away with water to leave a stencil behind. Ink is then applied to the shirt through the screen with a special squeegee, that pushes the ink onto the shirt, cured with heat, and voila! Your shirt is good to go!

Since each screen can only use one color at a time, multicolored designs will require extra screens and those colors will be layered to achieve the final look. Screen printing is perfect for large orders, shirts requiring specialty inks (glitter, glow in the dark and foil) and projects requiring specific colors matches such as PMS ( Panatone Matching System).

DIGITAL PRINTING

Your unique design is created on the computer, we use Adobe software to create your art. The image is sent from the computer to the our digital shirt printer ( this printer is much like your home inkjet printer for paper). The inks are designed to print on fabric and include white ink for dark colored shirts. A white base is printed first, then the color is applied on top of the white ink. This insures a vibrant smooth print. The DTF process allows for the creation of thousands of print colors on any color garment or any style (including 100% polyester). It also allows us to print quickly on as few as one shirt. We cure the ink on the shirt with a conveyor dryer or heat press.

Because the setup is not as difficult as screen printing, it’s perfect for small orders. If you’re looking for only a few shirts, but still want full color at a reasonable price, DTF is for you. We use state-of-the-art equipment to ensure vibrant, high-quality prints with great durability.