Different Ways of T-Shirt Printing

T Shirt Printing has been widely known in the Philippines. For a country that highlights tourism, creativity and affordability, almost everyone has their own personalized T shirts in their closet. From T-shirt buyers, to T-shirt Printing services to T shirt printing suppliers of machines and consumables, all of these people are the one who makes the T shirt printing industry growing. But even if there are a lot of T shirt printing services and suppliers, some of the buyers or business starters are not aware of the different ways of t shirt printing, T Shirt Printing comes in various ways. Different application, raw material, procedure, output and quality, so it is very important to have proper knowledge before buying or investing on a T Shirt Printing business.

Here are some of the different ways of T shirt Printing.

Transfer Paper Application- Uses an inkjet printer to print images that will be transferred to the garment or textiles with the use of a heat press machine.

Machines needed
Heat press Machine
Cutter Plotter Machine
Printer
Pigment Ink CMYK or CMYKLCLM
Transfer Paper
Thermal Tape
Process:
Layout through Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Corel
With the use of an inkjet printer to print onto the paper.
Then heat press to transfer the image on to the T shirt
Output:

Vinyl Heat Transfer Application- Vinyl heat transfer uses different colors of vinyl and combined together to form an actual image and later to be pressed onto garments or textiles.

Machines needed
Heat Press Machine
Cutter Plotter Machine
Cutter Plotter Software
Vinyls
Thermal tape
Process:
Layout Through Adobe Illustrator and Corel
Do color separation
Cut through a cutter plotter
Then heat press to transfer the vinyl to the T shirt.
Output:

Laser Printing Application- Uses laser printer to print images onto a laser paper that is to be transferred to a garments or textiles with the use of heat press.
Machines Used
Laser Printer
Laser Paper
Heat press machine
Process:
Layout Through Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Corel
Then heat press to transfer the image on to the T Shirt
Output:

Silk Screen Application- Applying of paint directly to the substrates of your desired images, with the use of mesh and screens.
Machines used
Silk Screen Machine                                                       
Screen Stretcher
UV Exposure Machine
Flash Dryer
Screens of different sizes            
Squeegee
Paint
Emulsion and many more!
Process
Layout Through Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Corel per screen
Make screens using the UV exposure machine and screen stretcher
After applying the paint in the T shirt
Run through the t shirt in the flash dryer
Output:

Direct to Garment Application- Printing of images with the use of DTG printers directly to the t shirt.
Machines Used
Direct to garment printer
CMYK + 4 White Inks
Cleaning Solvent
Heat press Machine
Process
Layout Through Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Corel
Print using Direct to Garment Printer
Then Heat Press for final touch
Output:

Printable Vinyl Printing-Uses a large format printer and eco solvent/solvent ink that is to be printed on a printable vinyl.
Machines to be used
Large format solvent or eco-solvent printer
Cutter Plotter
Cutter Plotter Software
Heat Press Machine
Ink
Cleaning solution
Process:
Print using a large format printer
Then Heat press the image onto the textile or garments.
Output:

Sublimation Heat Transfer Application- Sublimation heat transfer is the process where in the printed image in the sublimation paper transforms from solid to gas during heat pressing procedure that is being fully absorbed by the T shirt.
Machines needed
Heat press Machine
Printer
Sublimation Ink CMYK or CMYKLCLM
Thermal Tape
Process
Layout Through Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Corel
Then heat press to transfer the image on to the T Shirt
Output:

There are a lot of ways to print your personalized shirt or to start your own T shirt printing business. It is advised that before we invest onto something we should learn the essentials of T Shirt printing. We in Crystal Image we prioritize the needs of the clients and help them by educating and assisting them with their needs. Let’s talk. Call us at (02)742-9398.

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