Screen printing

Screen printing is a printing technique that uses a woven mesh to support an ink-blocking stencil. The attached stencil forms open areas of mesh that transfer ink or other printable materials which can be pressed through the mesh as a sharp-edged image onto a substrate. A roller or squeegee is moved across the screen stencil, forcing or pumping ink past the threads of the woven mesh in the open areas. This process is probably the best for large quantities of t-shirts or other easily printed items.

Transfer

Heat-transfer printing is the process used to transfer ink on a carrier paper to another surface. When heat and pressure is applied to the carrier paper, the ink is transferred. The types of heat transfer printing paper vary depending on the different receiving surfaces such as ceramic, cloth and heavy fabrics. This is an easy way to produce one or limited numbers of printed items.

Digital inkjet

Digital inkjet printing is just like the inkjet printer you may use with your computer, it just allows the ink to be printed directly onto fabric. Unlike any traditional textile printing technology, the main benefit of digital fabric printing is in its process color application with its latest printers, software applications. Photographic and tonal graphics shaped millions of colors with Photoshop and can be printed on fabric according to the color combination requirement. It is a slow process and isn't ideal for large runs or fast turn arounds.

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