Direct to garment (DTG) printing is a digital printing method which allows for endless design possibilities.
It works much like an extremely advanced inkjet printer, printing your design directly onto the garment, allowing for high speed and great quality prints.
You may have heard of the term DTG when looking for custom t-shirts. But are you aware of what goes into DTG printing?
Take a step into our Manchester-based production facility and learn more about this popular printing method.
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First of all, the design for printing is uploaded onto computer software, whilst the garment is prepared for printing. It is sprayed with a pre-treatment spray to ensure the ink doesn’t soak into the fabric. If this garment is coloured, a white base layer is applied to ensure the colours of the design remain vibrant and bright.
The garment is placed in the printer and the design is printed directly onto the garment. It is then heat pressed or dried to ensure a durable finish.
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We use some of the most advanced and state-of-the-art direct-to-garment printers on the market. These machines use Neo-Pigment inks, which are 100% non-hazardous, 100 % toxin-free and are safe for infants and babies.
They also enable ink waste reduction thanks to their single ink set, ensuring digital is one step closer to offering a solution to lower the amount of water our industry currently uses which is a key sustainability concern within the printing industry.
DTG can produce designs of all colours and sizes with a superior quality and detailed finish. It is perfect for small to medium quantities and allows for intricate, complex designs. Here are some examples of what DTG can do:
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One of the great things about DTG printing is that it’s perfect for multi colour designs.
Our printers also print in the CMYK Spectrum and produce vibrant, colourful prints
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As well as printing really vibrant colours, DTG printing is good for achieving extremely high quality, crisp, bold prints.
One of the best ways to ensure the highest quality prints is by uploading the highest quality artwork as per our artwork guidelines. However, if your artwork isn’t high enough quality, don’t worry, our expert artwork team will contact you to let you know and advise you on the best solution.
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Our DTG printers are highly capable of producing detailed solid images so your garment definitely shouldn’t show a grainy image. The image may have been printed grainy because the way the art file has been designed, however our expert Artwork team will be able to tell if a file is likely to product a high quality print or not and will contact you to discuss if it’s the latter.
Our Quality Control (QC) team also check every single order so your printed t-shirt won’t leave us unless we’re 100% happy with it.
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Our DTG printers produce vibrant, colourful prints therefore any faded prints will leave our premises.
Faded prints can happen due to low ink or issues with the printer heads. However, you can rest assured that our DTG and QC will pick up on this an ensure you only receive vibrant prints.
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Before we print directly onto the garment, we spray the t-shirt with a pre-treatment spray to avoid the dye from discolouring the garment.
This rarely stains the garment but on a rare occasion, it may leave a stain which can be very easily washed off in cold water. Our trusted QC team always will put this right.
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Does DTG print crack is a question that we often asked. This is not the case with DTG applications as the ink is directly printed in to the garment.
Cracking of prints can sometime occur with vinyl printing methods when they are over exposed to sunlight or washed at a high temperature.
Follow the wash care guide that comes with your order – it’s as simple as that!
As our products are specially made for you, they also require special care which is detailed in the wash care guide.
Simple steps such as washing at 30, turning the garment inside out and ironing the garment on a low heat turned inside out are all simple steps you can take to ensure your specially made garments last.
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