Screen Printing vs. DTG (Direct To Garment)

Screen Printing

1. Better pricing for large print quantities.
2. White ink on black and other dark color garments is brighter.
3. If your artwork has more than one ink color than artwork needs to be color separated. (We offer very reasonable prices on this.)

Minimum: 30
Maximum Number Of Colors: 4
Summary: The Screen Printer is great for huge quantity print runs and is very cost effective if you want a huge quantity of prints. We can print up to 4 colors with our screen printer.

F.A.Q's for the Screen Printer:
What does the set up fees include? The set up fees includes preparing the screen before printing. Such as: printing artwork, applying emulsion to screen, drying screen, aligning artwork, burning image, spray and expose image, taping screen, preparing platten board, break down of screen, cleaning screen, and the cost of supplies to set up. Our prices for set up are very reasonable considering everything that is required for set up including the time it takes. Our set up prices are very good compared to other printers.

Direct to Garment Printing

1. No limit in ink colors- With this printer we can print a full color picture.
2. No minimum
3. No set up fees
4. The Direct to Garment Printer prints extremely better resolution than Screen Printing (720~2800 dpi)
5. Ink is smooth to the touch
6. This printer can print straight from a JPEG! No need to separate colors for your artwork as you would have to do with Screen

Printing. Minimum: No Minimum
Maximum Number Of Colors: Millions of colors
Maximum Print Size: 14" x 16"
Price Breaks: 1, 2-8, 9-49, 50-200, 201 and up

Summary: With a direct to garment printer, number of colors is no longer an issue. The artist is free to design without constraints and not have to worry about limited colors. It will also open up the range of shirt sizes that can be printed without additional charges for setup. This means you can offer your customers shirts that have art proportioned to the size of the shirt for no extra fee.

Another benefit of a direct to garment printer is that there is no need for an experienced employee who knows how to color separate, burn and reclaim screens as well as register colors. Anyone who can consistently operate a graphics program and regular desktop printer can be trained to operate a digital t shirt printer.