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Here is How to do DTG t-shirt printing Introduction : What is DTG ? Direct to garment printing, also known as DTG printing, digital direct to garment printing, digital apparel printing, D2, and inkjet to garment printing, is a process of printing on textiles and garments using specialized or modified ink jet technology. DTG or direct -to-garment is a relatively new technology. It is essentially an adaption of the desktop inkjet printer, but with special inks and a completely different material handling system The Benefits! Affordable No setup costs No minimum order – low quantities Print on light or dark garments Print a one colour logo to a full colour detailed design or graphics Direct to garment – ink is printed directly in the garment’s fibre so it has a smooth finish Print up to 1200dpi high resolution Eco-friendly inks What jobs are suited for DTG printing? If you want to show detailed artwork or graphics ie. full colour, shading and with gradients Small to medium quantities Fast turnaround printing time – print on demand Ever changing artworks or graphics Great value for money Ability to print over seams, pockets, zippers and other items commonly found on garments How does DTG work? DTG is less complicated that you would expect given that it can capture complicated images so accurately on something as soft as a shirt or sweater. The best way to think of DTG is like at home printing from your computer, except that the paper is replaced with a shirt. DTG printers do not need to be set up for individual jobs and can render millions of colours. Our DTG printers are not only modified from standard EPSON inkjet printers, but are simply modified to accommodate the additional bulk of garments and use inkjet textile inks, instead of what you buy for your printer at the store. The cost of ink is a little bit more, which is why printing on coloured garments (black and vivid colours) is so costly; an underbase of white ink has to be laid below the actual colours of your design to ensure that the colours look like you intended. The process used for translating the colours from the digital image into ink to print onto the garment relies on the CMYK colour model. CMYK stands for cyan, magenta, yellow and K for black. This model is also referred to as four colour processing because it uses combinations of these four ink colours, usually applied in the order in which they appear in the acronym, to create all the colours in the digital design. The inks bind directly to the fibers of the garment’s material, which is why cotton a fibrous material is better for DTG printing than polyester – a much smoother material. Once all the colours have been added and the design is complete, heat will often be used to dry the ink. This entire process can take as little as a minute to complete. How DTG compares to other printing techniques. Screen printing Screen printing has an expensive and labour intensive setup, while DTG has almost no setup at all. This makes DTG more cost effective for “small” orders (less than around ten of a garment) where this cost is not divided between many garments. However, once setup is complete, the per unit cost of screen printing is much cheaper than that of DTG, which makes it more cost effective for larger orders. Screen printing cannot capture as much detail nor as many colours as DTG, but the colours that are screen printed are more vibrant. Screen printing also allows for the use of more different types of ink, like metallic, and can be used on polyester materials that DTG inks cannot bind to. However, DTG can print polyester when combined with cotton ie. 30% polyester and 70% cotton. Heat Transfer Heat transfers use heat and pressure to embed ink into the surface of the garment’s material, whereas DTG binds directly to a material’s fibers and does not feature a heat component. DTG is a much higher quality printing method than heat transfers. Dye Sublimation Both DTG and Dye Sublimation are forms of digital printing, meaning that both translate digital images from a computer onto a garment. The main difference is that dye sublimation uses heat to push ink straight from the solid form to a gas, thus skipping the liquid form that DTG is completed in. The gas that results from the use of heat infuses the material’s fibers and allows for printing on polyester. To Find out more directtshirt.com

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