What is Direct to garment printing?
We now have over 10 years experience of DTG printing and have recently upgraded our machinery to the latest industry leading kornit avalanche machine. Digital printing has advanced massively over the last few years and this has enabled us to produce superb results for our customers and cheaper prices. Multi colour tonal designs are particularly suited to DTG printing.
We can print onto cotton, cotton mix and polyester, but some polyester garments will not print as well we would like and we can advise you on various options . The T-shirts with the tighter weave will give you the best results, so we recommend staying away from the very cheapest end of our range.
Cheaper digital machines are limited to printing onto white t-shirts and also limited in size of print, we don’t have such limitations and we print on all colours of shirts and can print a massive 400 x 500 mm.
Our DTG machine is produced by Kornit, who are the industry leaders and trusted by brands all over the world. Their waterbased inks are eco-friendly and are non hazardous and toxic free as well as being vegan friendly.
Our ink manufactures recommend a 30c wash, although we are very happy with our wash results at 40c. For best results artwork should be produced to 300dpi but we are able to achieve satisfactory results with lower resolution and we can help with this if your artwork is not high enough resolution. Digital printing works best when using artwork with tones, gradients and shading.
With digital printing the print will vary depending on the brand and type of t-shirt we print on and we can advise you on this, depending on your design and budget. The Continental Clothing NO3 will give superb prints.
DESIGNING ARTWORK FOR DTG
- create high resolution files of 300dpi, or 72dpi with extremely large dimensions
- save your artwork as png, jpeg, pdf, psd, ai or eps
- save your files in CMYK mode and not RGB as this is the preferred format for printing (a simple way to do this is Photoshop - > Mode - > CMYK Color)
- make sure the image has got a transparent background
- avoid effects (drop shadow effects, faded edges, glow effect, reduced opacity) especially for printing onto dark garments
- rasterise type to avoid it being replaced with a default one (you can easily do this with Photoshop -> Type -> Rasterize Type)
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What our customer say about our digital prints
Despite the mother of all client deadline issues, Shirtworks came through with flying colours.I think the first time I used Shirtworks was 1986, so something must be working!
- John
Our company needed an urgent and good value sweatshirt order. *** was helpful and responsive throughout the process and helped us get the best deal for our requirements. The jumpers were not only looked exactly as we hoped but arrived early too. Thanks, Shirtworks!
- Lauren
*** was friendly and helpful over the phone and *** was patient and very quick to respond to alterations to the mock-ups. The t-shirts were delivered on time. The print quality is perfect. You've made us very happy and I'm looking forward to placing further orders with you.