What is T shirt screen printing ?

Date: 2020-05-29 Clicked: 1530

WHAT IS SCREEN PRINTING & HOW DOES IT WORK?

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What is Screen Printing?
Screen Printing, which is also known as Silk Screening, a method of printing graphics on a t-shirt using thick inks that lay on the shirt surface rather than soaking into the shirt. Screen Printing is what most companies use and, back in the day, was the only major way to create bulk amounts of custom t-shirts.

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With thicker inks, screen printing is better for graphics printing on t-shirts. Rather than DTG the screen printing will make these colors pop out at you like jack in the box. The thick ink will have a soft feeling if touched and can make for a really amazing look. If you’re in no rush and have minimal colors for a t-shirt, we recommend Screen Printing. It looks great and is often more affordable for larger quantities.

How Does it Work?
So how does Screen Printing work?
Well, a thin mesh is stretched tightly over a frame (originally the screen was made from silk mesh, however, mostly made from polyester today). A negative of the design is printed onto the screen to be placed against the shirt. Once set correctly, ink is rolled over the screen, only the areas where the design has been printed allows ink to slip through. The ink then sets on the t-shirt and is put aside to dry.

The Screen
Once you’re A-OK happy with the mockup of how your shirt(s) will look, it’s time to get started. Try to mentally picture the screen on a screen door of a house. We use something like that (but much higher quality). It’s basically a screen with a bunch of tiny little holes.

We take the screen (it’s secured in a aluminum frame) and start to prepare it. It’s then covered in a layer of emulsion that will prevent ink from coming through. The end result is a two-tone color (green and the color of the screen which is usually a shade of yellow). The colors on the screen don’t matter and won’t affect the final printing process.

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