Printing Techniques
Screen Printing
Screen printing is a high quality printing technique which prints a colourful and detailed design. A screen printed design is known for its excellent durability and virtually unlimited range of colours.
A special form of screen printing is called halftone printing. This technique prints small dots varying in size and spacing which combine to form the design. This technique makes colour gradients possible.
The screen printing technique prints the colour directly onto the material through a screen. The print ink comes in direct contact with the material which guarantees long-lasting prints.
- Price/Performance
- Print master copy
- Special Note
- up to 25 items
Vector Grafic (.ai, .eps, .cdr)-
Colour gradients are possible - 25 - 100 items
from 100 items
Image file (.jpeg, .png, min. 300 dpi)- Durability
- Minimum order
- Colour spectrum
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- 50
- All Pantone/HKS Colours
(Pantone solid coated C) - Print quality
- Delivery time
- Max. Colours
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- approx. 10 Business Days
- 10
Screen Transfer Print
The difference between this printing method and regular screen printing is that here the design is not printed directly on the shirt. It is first printed on a transfer foil and then heat-pressed onto the shirt.
- Price/Performance
- Print master copy
- Special Note
- up to 25 items
- Vector Grafic (.ai, .eps, .cdr)
- Colour gradients are possible
- 25 - 100 items
- from 100 items
- Durability
- Minimum order
- Colour spectrum
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- 50
- All Pantone/HKS Colours
(Pantone solid coated C) - Print quality
- Delivery time
- Max. Colours
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- approx. 10 Business Days
- 10
Flex and Flock Printing
Flex and flock are high quality printing techniques. They are known best for their extreme durability, making it a long lasting print that doesn't fade when washing.
Flex has a smooth, somewhat shiny surface. Flock feels like velvet and is slightly raised from the shirt. We offer the following colours for our flex and flock printing: colour options.
Flex and flock are produced using the plotting technique. A vector graphic is used as the master copy and cannot contain more than three colours. These colours are individually cut from a foil by a plotting machine and then heat-pressed onto the shirt.
- Price/Performance
- Print master copy
- Special Note
- up to 25 items
- Vector Grafic (.ai, .eps, .cdr)
Colour gradients not possible- 25 - 100 items
- from 100 items
- Durability
- Minimum order
- Colour spectrum
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- up to 49 items T-Shirt-Designer / more than 50 Bulk Order
- Specified (available colours)
- Print quality
- Delivery time
- Max. Colours
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- approx. 10 Business Days
- 3
Digital Printing
Digital printing is a simple and low-cost printing method for photographs and similar designs with many colours. This method can only be used on white and very light-coloured t-shirts. This print is also not meant to last for a long time. Washing will cause the colours to fade over time.
Digital printing would require a bitmap image (i.e. .jpg file) for the print. A colour laser printer prints the image onto a transfer foil which is then heat-pressed onto the shirt.
- Price/Performance
- Print master copy
- Special Note
- up to 25 items
25 - 100 items
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Image file (.jpeg, .png, min. 300 dpi)
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Only on white Shirts
Colour gradients possible
- from 100 items
- Vector Grafic (.ai, .eps, .cdr)
- Durability
- Minimum order
- Colour spectrum
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- 50
- All CMYK Colours
- Print quality
- Delivery time
- Max. Colours
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- approx. 10 Business Days
- Unlimited
Embroidery
Embroidery is one of the best ways to add designs to apparel. The advantages of this method are the high quality results which create an excellent visual appearance, washing durability and longevity. Large areas cannot be embroidered, as the t-shirt will become too hard and the price too high. Colour gradients are not possible.
The embroidery process sews the design onto the t-shirt or hat using a sewing machine. The design is converted into a sewing program which operates the machine and uses the "punching" technique. The cost of this method is directly related to the number of stitches. We therefore need the design which is to be embroidered before we can provide a price quote.
- Price/Performance
- Print master copy
- Special Note
- up to 25 items
- Vector Grafic (.ai, .eps, .cdr)
- Colour gradients not possible
- 25 - 100 items
- from 100 items
- Durability
- Minimum order
- Colour spectrum
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- 25
- Pantone/HKS Colours
- Quality
- Delivery time
- Max. Colours
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- approx. 12 Business Days
- 10 (on request)
