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Silk Screen Printing, Digital to Garment Printing, Heat Transfer Printing

PromoIt's vast experience with t-shirt and apparel printing insures you, the customer with the best prices, focused service and the highest quality printed merchandise offered.

We are Brevard's specialists at silk-screening custom designs. Logo designs on garments and textiles is what we do. DTG Direct to Garment Digital and Heat transfer printing is also available

We can outfit your corporate team, your sports team, or any team with a wide range of quality brand name garments in many styles including polo style shirts, sweat shirts, T-shirts, aprons, towels, jackets, hats, caps and jerseys from brands like Gildan, Bella, Beefy-Ts, Jerzees and others. Our silk screen printed shirts, polos, uniforms, fleece, jackets, outerwear sweatshirts, shorts, jerseys clothing are durable for indoors and outdoors. They will not fade or chip away.

Screen Printing 
More commonly known as silk screening, this method involves transferring an image, design or logo to a the apparel using a stencil and a mesh screen. The ink is forced through a framed screen on to the apparel. Multiple colors require multiple screens and stencils

Digital Printing
The direct to garment method uses water-based inks along with heat to imprint the design on the apparel. Just on application is needed no matter the number or complexity of the image or design.

Heat Transfer Printing
The other alternative for image printing on apparel is heat transfer printing.   Basically an image or design is first  printed on to a special transfer paper.  This paper is then placed on the garment and pressed onto the it with pressure and heat. Typicality this method is inexpensive and sometimes can be done at home. It is only practical  for individual and temporary usage.
 

Pros and Cons of T-Shirt or Garment Image Printing

When it comes to printing an image, design or logo on apparel there are three different methods. The most popular and utilized is the screen printing method. The other two ways of apparel printing are heat transfer and digital printing, also known as direct to garment, or DTG printing. In order to make an informed decision about your apparel printing project is to compare the advantages and disadvantages associated with each.
 

Pros of T-Shirt Screen Printing

  • Better print quality. Generally speaking, experts say the ability of the ink to bond to the material of the shirt in the screen printing process results in a more durable and clear image than with DTG.
  • The custom printed t-shirts lasts through at least twice as many washings as a heat transfer shirt.
  • Versatility. Screen printing generally works just as well on other apparel, such as hats, bags and jackets, as with T-shirts. 
  • The process allows you to print on dark and colored custom t-shirts.
  • Cheaper with big orders. There is generally a setup fees charged for screen printing to prepare the screens needed for the different colors in the shirt. However, the larger the order the less expensive the cost of screen printing. So far very large orders, you can usually save money relying on screen printing.
Cons of T-Shirt Screen Printing
  • More expensive with smaller orders. If you only want a dozen or fewer shirts, the additional cost to prepare the screens and ink for screen printing is usually more expensive than digital printing. It's common for T-Shirt screen printing companies to charge a fee to prepare the screens and ink for the order. 

  • Not as good with photo reproductions. Most experts say that DTG is the better process for reproducing photos because the digital reproduction is usually more like the original photo than the labor-intensive process involved with screen printing.
Pros for Iron-On Printed T-Shirts and Garments
  • The process is relatively simple, thus the least expensive
  • Heat transferring is ideal if you need a large number of colors printed relative to the number of t-shirts
  • You only have to print one t-shirt.
  • Great for team uniforms due to the durability of the transfer


Cons for Iron-On Printed T-Shirts and Garments

  • They last only through 25 washing.
  • The ink may bleed while washing.
  • They do not look as professional as screen printed t-shirts.
  • You only can print on lightly colored t-shirts.
  • The print is stiff and not as precise and colors are not as brilliant
Pros of Digital to Garment T-shirt and Garment Printing
  • With digital printing, you can print single designs economically.
  • Very like setup cost
  • Great for reproducing photographic prints, multi colored designs and logos.
  • DTG does not have a "heavy feel"  like screen printing
  • Easily customize different shirts, i.e. names or numbers on team uniforms
Cons of Digital to Garment T-shirt and Garment Printing
  • Unfortunately, expensive per shirt cost and slow printing means that the t shirt is usually higher in price to purchase.
  • The wash cycles of a digital print t-shirt are vastly inferior to screen-printing many begin to fade after just a couple of washes.
  • Marginal results when printing on dark color apparel