T-shirt printing – A Great Cost Cutting Affair!

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T-shirt printing – A Great Cost Cutting Affair!

T-shirt printing – is a concept that bloomed and has come a very long way since the original Mickey Mouse and Davy Crockett t-shirt designs of the 1950s! From the beginning though, people were amazed at how the entire t-shirt printing took place. It is known that the main method of t-shirt printing is exactly that of screen printing, apart from the modern innovations and techniques that are used nowadays. The current trend of digitization is gaining grounds these days as it provides with a rapid printing because of the availability of hi-tech t-shirt printers. But as far as screen printing is concerned, the entire concept has been the mainstay of the t-shirt printing industry for over 60 years. Screen printing that is even known as silk screening is actually a very simple technique that involves the use of a mesh and a stencil. Here, the fine mesh is first stretched onto a wooden frame after which a stencil is allowed to drop in the blank areas of the design to be covered with impermeable substance. This will lead to transfer the ink to the fabric which is then transferred to the desired areas of the t-shirt, and not to the blank areas. The best thing with this technique is that the pattern or design remains perfect. Now, talking about the colors that can be used for t-shirt printing, anything is possible – any spot color though white is the most popular that is used print process. The process slightly deviates as per the color shades that an individual wants to have, as well as the type of fabric on which screen printing needs to be done! If you have a taste of glitters on your apparels, then, the glitter print or foil print is also possible which uses special inks that are more expensive and slightly trickier to perfect. Though, a slight limitation of colors can be there, and certain complexities are involved, still if done by a professional, can deliver you with best of the glitter screen printing on the t-shirts! T-shirt printing – the much in demand thing of the current scenario, is like anything in the clothing industry, which even depends on fashion and trend. Moreover, the presence of different inks especially for such t-shirt printing allows the people to have various effects like shimmer, puff and others. And in combination with some or the other effect, all these methods of t-shirt printing can make almost anything possible as well as a unique outfit. Thus, t-shirt printing in today’s fashion freak world has gained great momentum as it delivers with mind blowing outfits to the people out there!


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