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24Jun/15
Custom T-shirt Printing

Custom T-shirt Printing

Custom T-shirt Printing

Are you looking for a last minute gift for your father, husband, or grandfather for Father’s Day? Or maybe you are looking for a birthday gift for them or possibly you just want to get them a gift just because you were thinking about them. Why not get them some custom t-shirt printing? Custom t-shirt printings are t-shirts that are printed with your own personal design or artwork. You can get your t-shirts screen printed, sublimated, or you can even get custom t-shirt printing in vinyl.

Custom T-shirt Printing

Screen printing is when screens that are in frames are coated with a photosensitive emulsion, dried with a light and then burned with the artwork. They are then loaded up onto a screen printing press and covered with ink. Sublimation is a versatile digital printing method which allows the ink to be printed into the fabric and not on it; Sublimation can only be done on 100% polyester, white shirts. With screen printing, because the setup is so messy and complicated it is best for doing orders or 12 or more. With sublimation you can get 1 or more shirts done but it can be pricey, and like I said before it can only be done on 100% polyester white t-shirts. For smaller runs being less the 12, they best way to go is vinyl. Vinyl printing is when a polyurethane vinyl is cut into a design and then heat applied to a shirt.

Below are 2 examples of custom t-shirt printing that are done in vinyl. If your husband is a gamer the shirt below is the perfect gift for him. It is a black t-shirt with white vinyl. Not only can you get your custom t-shirt done in one color vinyl the other t-shirt is done in 2 colors. It is a Navy t-shirt with White and Green vinyl. Perfect for your father to show him how much he means to you and your children. Custom t-shirts are something that can be worn for a lifetime and won’t just sit around collecting dust! If these 2 examples aren’t your style, no worries you can come in with your own custom idea and we can surely custom print it anyway you like!

Give us a call (908) 806-8337 or email us.

Custom T-shirt Printing

Custom T-shirt Printing

18Apr/14

Sublimation Printing

Sublimation Printing

Sublimation Printing is the process used to create amazing t-shirts and other garments with an eye popping color that looks almost identical to a photograph.  Sublimation printing begins with a 100% polyester garment, typically a T-Shirt.  Some poly blends can be used, but the lower the percentage of polyester, the more dull your Sublimation Printing product will appear.

Sublimation Printing relies on opaque inks that at a specific temperature turn into a gas and embed themselves into polyester fabric.  Since they are opaque, the substrate (T-Shirt) has to be white to start with, as the white of the fabric plays a major part in the Sublimation Printing results.  You can’t sublimate the color white, so any design element in your Sublimated T Shirt that is white, is actually the absence of sublimation dye.

Sublimation Printing

Through the use of Dye Sublimation, you can accomplish a result that covers an entire T Shirt with your design.  This means that your design concept can be printed on the sleeves and from the neck down to the bottom of the t shirt and all over the front and back.  Most of the T Shirts that you see in a retail store are sublimated while the T Shirt is still just a roll of fabric.  The fabric is then cut and sewn into a T-Shirt which provides true 100% sublimation coverage.  However, the technology has advanced to the point where you can sublimate on a T Shirt that has already been sewn.  There will be small gaps of white near the arm pits that can’t be helped due to a pre-sewn T Shirt with gaps near specific areas.

Typically, Sublimation Printing companies require high minimums and all over t shirt printing is costly as well, however, there are some companies that specialize in Sublimation Printing like AMBRO Manufacturing that will run small Sublimation Printing jobs in the range of 25-50 shirts per order.  AMBRO prints large runs of thousands of T Shirts as well, but AMBRO Manufacturing has found a niche in the small Sublimation Printing arena.

If you are interested in large or small quantity Sublimation Printing T Shirts, please consider giving us a call (908) 806-8337 or email us.

Sublimation Printing

Sublimation Printing