T Shirt Printing
The three common methods of t shirt printing in Singapore are silk screen printing, heat transfer printing and embroidery. Depending on your t-shirt selection and design requirement, you may need to opt for different printing mode at different time.
By understanding your t-shirt printing options well, you can print a corporate t-shirt or class t-shirt that look fabulous, with the correct blend in material and design. Here, we go through the various popular t-shirts printing that you can find in Singapore.
The most common method of t-shirt printing in Singapore is silk screen printing. Choosing screen printing obviously has many advantages compared to the other mode of printing. In term of print quality, silk screen printing produce print quality that is very durable and extremely lasting. And with a large quantity, screen print is definately the most value for money method to choose.
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How Silk Screen Printing Works?
Silk screen printing has a fixed setup cost for each colour to be printed. In other word, the more t-shirts you print, the unit cost per piece get lower because the setup cost is now distributed among a larger quantity of t-shirts. Hence, screen print is the most economical printing choice for the printing of higher quantity of tees.
Due to the initial setup cost for each colors, there is usually a minimum order quantity in order to make silk screen printing a worthwhile option. To print t-shirt in smaller quantity, it may be better to consider heat transfer printing or embroidery.
To add on, if you have designs that has many colors, full colors to print onto the t-shirt, silk screen printing may not be a good choice. As the price of silk screen printing goes by the number of colors printed and quantity. At times, when the design involved full colors, it may simply be too expensive to use silk screen. And also full colors designs may not look good with screen printing. In this case, it may be better to opt for heat press.
Heat transfer printing is the best printing mode for smaller quantity. It is especially suitable for printing designs that has many colors or designs that require full colors printing.
The print effect of heat transfer printing is especially good for full colors designs. Also, if you want to print t-shirt with photo finishing that require vibrant and bright colours, heat transfer printing is the best choice for sure. There are many print effect you can select with heat transfer printing. You can choose the printing effects you like be it photo finishing, matt, vinyl, metallic colour, and more.
Heat transfer printing has made it possible to print smaller quantity at an affordable cost. It is definately the most economical option for small quantity print. Since there is no initial setup cost involved with heat transfer, you can print only 1 piece without incurring hefty cost.
Embroidery has been one of the popular choice for corporate logo. Be sure to check out the maximum size embroidery can take because there is a size limit for embroidery.
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