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Different Ways of T-Shirt Printing in the Philippines

Different ways of T-shirt printing

T Shirt Printing has been widely known in the Philippines. For a country that highlights tourism, creativity and affordability, almost everyone has their own personalized T shirts in their closet. From T-shirt buyers, to T-shirt Printing services to T shirt printing suppliers of machines and consumables, all of these people are the one who makes the T shirt printing industry growing. But even if there are a lot of T shirt printing services and suppliers, some of the buyers or business starters are not aware of the different ways of t shirt printing, T Shirt Printing comes in various ways. Different application, raw material, procedure, output and quality, so it is very important to have proper knowledge before buying or investing on a T Shirt Printing business.

Here are some of the different ways of T shirt Printing.

Transfer Paper Application- Uses an inkjet printer to print images that will be transferred to the garment or textiles with the use of a heat press machine.

Machines needed

  • Heat press Machine
  • Cutter Plotter Machine
  • Printer
  • Pigment Ink CMYK or CMYKLCLM
  • Transfer Paper
  • Thermal Tape

Process:

  • Layout through Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Corel
  • With the use of an inkjet printer to print onto the paper.
  • Then heat press to transfer the image on to the T shirt

Output:

heat transfer paper sample print

Vinyl Heat Transfer Application- Vinyl heat transfer uses different colors of vinyl and combined together to form an actual image and later to be pressed onto garments or textiles.

Machines needed

  • Heat Press Machine
  • Cutter Plotter Machine
  • Cutter Plotter Software
  • Vinyls
  • Thermal tape

Process:

  • Layout Through Adobe Illustrator and Corel
  • Do color separation
  • Cut through a cutter plotter
  • Then heat press to transfer the vinyl to the T shirt.

Output:

Chemica Vinyl sample print

Laser Printing Application- Uses laser printer to print images onto a laser paper that is to be transferred to a garments or textiles with the use of heat press.

Machines Used

  • Laser Printer
  • Laser Paper
  • Heat press machine

Process:

  • Layout Through Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Corel
  • Then heat press to transfer the image on to the T Shirt

Output:

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Silk Screen Application- Applying of paint directly to the substrates of your desired images, with the use of mesh and screens.

Machines used

  • Silk Screen Machine                                                       
  • Screen Stretcher
  • UV Exposure Machine
  • Flash Dryer
  • Screens of different sizes            
  • Squeegee
  • Paint
  • Emulsion and many more!

Process

  • Layout Through Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Corel per screen
  • Make screens using the UV exposure machine and screen stretcher
  • After applying the paint in the T shirt
  • Run through the t shirt in the flash dryer

Output:

broken image

Direct to Garment Application- Printing of images with the use of DTG printers directly to the t shirt.

Machines Used

  • Direct to garment printer
  • CMYK + 4 White Inks
  • Cleaning Solvent
  • Heat press Machine

Process

  • Layout Through Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Corel
  • Print using Direct to Garment Printer
  • Then Heat Press for final touch

Output:

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Printable Vinyl Printing-Uses a large format printer and eco solvent/solvent ink that is to be printed on a printable vinyl.

Machines to be used

  • Large format solvent or eco-solvent printer
  • Cutter Plotter
  • Cutter Plotter Software
  • Heat Press Machine
  • Ink
  • Cleaning solution

Process:

  • Print using a large format printer
  • Then Heat press the image onto the textile or garments.

Output:

Chemica Printable Vinyl

Sublimation Heat Transfer Application- Sublimation heat transfer is the process where in the printed image in the sublimation paper transforms from solid to gas during heat pressing procedure that is being fully absorbed by the T shirt.

Machines needed

  • Heat press Machine
  • Printer
  • Sublimation Ink CMYK or CMYKLCLM
  • Thermal Tape

Process

  • Layout Through Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Corel
  • Then heat press to transfer the image on to the T Shirt

Output:

Full sublimation printing machine Sapphire

There are a lot of ways to print your personalized shirt or to start your own T shirt printing business. It is advised that before we invest onto something we should learn the essentials of T Shirt printing. We in Crystal Image we prioritize the needs of the clients and help them by educating and assisting them with their needs. Let’s talk. Call us at (02)742-9398.

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Address: 2115 Felix Huertas Rd, Santa Cruz, Manila, 1014 Metro Manila, Philippines

Tel. No.: (02)742-9398
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