Vinyl Shirts Vs Screen Printing

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Vinyl shirts vs screen printing.

In this video i answer a very common question i get. When it comes to vinyl t shirt printing or screen printing if you re looking for vibrant colour screen printing is your best option. Vinyl rolls vs screen printed transfer sheets there are many different ways that you can print or decorate custom apparel. Specifically with heat printing there are many materials you can use just with this printing method alone.

This doesn t make it a faster overall method though as every shirt still requires individual set up which becomes too time consuming beyond the 12 shirt mark. Especially on a scale the only significant expense is ink. Screen printing lets you choose from a larger range of colours and each can be blended to create gradients to ensure that the. Screen printing does not work for small jobs.

Vinyl t shirt printing does allow for some detailing but most will be lost. Since a new screen has to be cut for each design it would not make sense to use screen printing on little jobs one website i looked at suggested a minimum of 500 shirts. The mesh screens are particularly durable and last for many printing sessions. Ink is then spread over the screen passing through to the object underneath only in the areas you want it to be.

Why we use vinyl printing. Vinyl is well suited for very small runs which we would consider anything from 1 to 12 shirts this is because the set up time is much quicker than that of screen printing. Screen printing vs heat transfer. Setting up screen printing takes much longer compared to vinyl printing but as soon as the set up in done the printing process is swift.

The high speed is because nothing needs to change from t shirt to t shirt provided the designs remain the same. What is better using htv also referred to as heat transfer vinyl or screen printing. This is a popular printing technique on t shirts and presents 3 key advantages. When a design is produced using the screen printing method actual screens are used in the process.

Essentially this screen is cut to make a stencil for the design. Since we use vinyl printing we don t have to have a minimum.