| In 1959, a more stretchable and durable ink, called | | | | ironing on of flock lettering and heat transfers. |
| plastisol was invented, which allowed more styles and | | | | In the late 1980s and 1990s, Tshirts with logos of |
| variety in T-shirt designs and T-shirt printing. During | | | | prominent designers became popular, especially with |
| the 1960s, screen-printing and tie-dyeing on basic | | | | teens and young adults. With these Tshirts, |
| Tshirts caught on and became a huge success. The | | | | consumers could flaunt their liking for particular |
| commonest form of decorating commercial Tshirts is | | | | designer brands in a very inexpensive way. Some |
| screen-printing. Screen-printing involves separating a | | | | designer Tshirt brands include Calvin Klein, Ralph |
| design into individual colors. Plastisol or other | | | | Lauren, FUBU, and The Gap. Major consumer |
| water-based inks are then applied to the Tshirt | | | | product companies like Coca-cola have used printed |
| through special screens, which limit the area where | | | | Tshirts and Tshirt printing for product advertising |
| the ink is applied and deposited. In all commercial | | | | since the 70s. Since 1990s, companies of all sizes |
| T-shirt printing, specific colors in the design to be | | | | prefer Tshirts with their corporate logo and message |
| printed are used. Few companies continue to use the | | | | as a part of their advertising campaign. |
| water-based inks on the printed Tshirts that they | | | | By the end of the last century, designing of custom |
| supply. Most companies manufacturing Tshirts and | | | | T-shirts on a Tshirt companies website became very |
| providing Tshirt printing facilities prefer using plastisol | | | | popular. Many Tshirt companies with websites started |
| because it can be used on varying colors without | | | | using digital printing such as DTG printing or Direct to |
| needing to make color adjustments at the art level. | | | | Garment printing, allowing customers to design Tshirts |
| T-shirt printing companies keep up with the trends, | | | | online without the compulsion of having to place a |
| fashion, and demands and use Specialty inks, which | | | | minimum order for T-shirt printing. Customers can |
| include puff, shimmer, discharge, and chino, based | | | | place an order for even one custom design. |
| inks. Metallic foils too can be stamped and heat | | | | Customers can even select branded Tshirts and get |
| pressed on plastisol ink. When this is combined with | | | | their custom design printed on the Tshirt. They can |
| the specialty shimmer ink, the metallics provide a | | | | not only select the brand, style, color, and size, but |
| mirror effect wherever the screen-printed plastisol ink | | | | also the printing method with features like Foil, |
| had been applied. As these specialty inks are quiet | | | | Metallic, Glitter, and Vinyl. Some companies even |
| expensive they are used more on garments available | | | | provide free graphic designing for orders of 50+ |
| in boutiques. Some other methods of decoration, | | | | t-shirts, making it a win-win situation for even a small |
| which is used in Tshirt printing include airbrush, | | | | company. |
| embroidery, applique, embossing or impressing, and | | | | |