Do you really want screen printing?

Screen printing is one of those terms that people often use in a general way. Someone may say "let's get some shirts screen printed" without really knowing about the different technologies available for printing stuff on shirts. They might not actually mean screen printing if they knew the choices they had.

It's not uncommon for people to come to our shop and say something like, "We'd love to print our graphic in color but we can't afford all the set-up charges." Screen printers often have to charge expensive set-up fees. When we tell customers that we print in full color without any set-up charges, the lights go on. Suddenly they can do what they thought was out of the question.

We do digital garment printing. We can print photos, full-color graphics, and gradient blends. The only real limitation with DTG is that it does not print opaque inks like white on black. What's printed must be darker than the color of the fabric it's printed on. It's great for printing on white or lighter toned colors and you can create some wonderful effects with darker inks on midtone shirts like medium gray, olive green, and blues.

With screen printing you can get light colors on dark fabric but your choice in color is very limited and you often have to pay set-up charges per color. With DTG you can print gradient rainbows but need to print on lighter fabrics for the ink to show through. And we do not charge set-up fees.

Between what we do in-house and what our partners do, we can help you choose the right print medium for the requirements of your project. We can get you covered with direct to garment printing, embroidery, screen printing or heat transfers.