Screen printing and digital printing are two different ways of printing on to a t-shirt. Custom made t-shirts are great! Custom made t-shirts have really become popular and fashion is an important factor. I work at Model T’s, a t-shirt shop. Why choose screen printing, its higher quality and you have more options as far as art work. Digital printing is faster and cheaper, but not as much detail as screen printing.
Screen printing is higher quality and last a very long time. Screen printing is better quality because the ink gets deeply absorbed. If you would like more than twenty shirts, you would want screen printing. It cost more because they are more work involved. You have more options as far as picking art to go on your t-shirt. The color will be what you picked and you can get better detail on a shirt by screen printing.
For screen printing you pick the art you want to go on a shirt. The art will get broke down; each piece will go on its own screen. This is why it’s called screen printing; screens are used to print t-shirts. Each piece of art will go on a different mesh screen. The different mesh is to let different amounts of ink come through the screen on to the t-shirts. If it is a dark color t-shirt then you will have one screen for the underlay. The underlay is usually white ink and goes first on the t-shirt. Screen printing is good for groups such as schools, churches and sports.
Digital printing is great for maybe a gift for a love one, something like getting a love ones picture on a t-shirt. Digital printing is simple. What you need for digital printing, a computer and a printer with every color. It is easy to operate cause you just have to push a button and much faster than screen printing.
Digital printing is cheaper compared to screen printing. Digital printing will not last as long as screen printing. Digital printing will fade away after so many washes. It is best to wash than hang to dry and not