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Creating unique and fitting designs for printing to t shirts can be quite different from the usual print design fare. The surface you plan to display your print on and the materials and method you chose to create the print both add physical limits to what is possible. Remember you are now dealing with screen printing inks and fabric! While a design might look great on paper the process of screen printing can result in wildly varying quality and color. (more…)

T-shirt screen printing, as discussed in Part 1, has been around for a long time and continues to be the most effective form of t-shirt decoration.In Part 1 we had a look at the basic equipment used to screen print t-shirts. In part 2 we will begin to discuss the different processes involved in getting a concept from the imagination onto a t-shirt. (more…)

T-shirt screen printing has stood the test of time as a viable non-digital print solution. While evrything is going digital, the process of screen printing has stayed the same for many, many years but in saying that, at the most professional level, it is an extremely technical and intricate process with very little margin for error. And while the process hasn’t changed too much the technology used in the consumables ie Inks etc. has opened new ways of achieving specialised finishes with much less work.

So how does screen printing work? (more…)