Vinyl Shirts Vs Screen Printing
Vinyl t shirt printing does allow for some detailing but most will be lost.
Vinyl shirts vs screen printing. When it comes to vinyl t shirt printing or screen printing if you re looking for vibrant colour screen printing is your best option. Essentially this screen is cut to make a stencil for the design. This is a popular printing technique on t shirts and presents 3 key advantages. In this video i answer a very common question i get.
Why we use vinyl printing. The mesh screens are particularly durable and last for many printing sessions. 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. Screen printing vs heat transfer.
What is better using htv also referred to as heat transfer vinyl or screen printing. 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. 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. Specifically with heat printing there are many materials you can use just with this printing method alone.
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. Since we use vinyl printing we don t have to have a minimum. Both that their. Let s get right down to it.
Ink is then spread over the screen passing through to the object underneath only in the areas you want it to be. Screen printing lets you choose from a larger range of colours and each can be blended to create gradients to ensure that the. The high speed is because nothing needs to change from t shirt to t shirt provided the designs remain the same. Screen printing does not work for small jobs.
My moq acronym for minimum order quality for screen printing is 25 t shirts. Screen printing pros cons vinyl printing vs screen printing pros.