| -> | | | | instead of constructing silk screen frames that can |
| So you have been given the task of coming up with | | | | take time and money the image is simply scanned |
| the custom shirt plans for your rotary clubs next | | | | into the printers memory. |
| charitable event. You have a budget to work with | | | | Benefits of Silk Screen |
| and you want to get the best bang for your buck | | | | So has silk screening been eliminated all together? |
| that you can. What are your choices and options, | | | | The answer the that question is no. Silk screening still |
| because it can seem confusing at times. One place | | | | has its place and there are some things that can be |
| has a minimum order requirement and chargers a | | | | done by silk screening that can't be done with a |
| certain amount depending on how many colors are in | | | | digital printer. For instance, while smaller orders are |
| the design. Yet, another place has no minimum | | | | more cost effective with a digital printer, larger |
| charge and will do any amount of colors but the | | | | numbers of custom shirts can be done more |
| fabric of the shirts has to be certain colors. Whats | | | | efficiently by silk screening. |
| the deal? | | | | Light Colors Over Dark Fabrics |
| New Technology | | | | Also, a digital printer requires a special type of thin ink |
| The advent of digital print technology has changed | | | | to function properly in its delicate mechanisms. The |
| the way that many people are now having their | | | | drawback of this thinner ink is that it tends to fade |
| custom shirts made. It functions just like a digital | | | | quicker then silk screen ink and doesn't cover darker |
| printer does that prints on paper, only instead of | | | | fabrics as well as thicker silk screening ink. |
| paper, it is cloth that is printed on. This means that | | | | |