Vinyl Printing Vs Screen Printing

This is a popular printing technique on t shirts and presents 3 key advantages.

Vinyl printing vs screen printing. The high speed is because nothing needs to change from t shirt to t shirt provided the designs remain the same. 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. When a design is produced using the screen printing method actual screens are used in the process.

Screen printing does not work for small jobs. Screen printing is the right method if you re looking to work on large orders. Essentially this screen is cut to make a stencil for the design. 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.

In this instance the setup time for screen printing takes longer but that is the only heavily time consuming part. However screen printing is perfect for bulk orders 12 or more because you don t need to change the setup from shirt to shirt. In fact screen printing bulk orders will take the same amount of time as doing a small run of vinyl prints. 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.

Screen printing this method is the opposite of the vinyl printing process. If large quantities of one design on the t shirts need. Deciding between vinyl t shirt printing or screen printing can be a hard decision to make. Vinyl decal printing is great for small projects 1 12 decals because when setting up the time frame is much faster than that on screen printing.

Let s get right down to it. The mesh screens are particularly durable and last for many printing sessions. Unlike vinyl printing not hing will be individually changed given the shirt design is the same. Ink is then spread over the screen passing through to the object underneath only in the areas you want it to be.

Especially on a scale the only significant expense is ink. Screen printing vs heat transfer. 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.