INDEX

1) T SHIRT HISTORY…………….
2)TYPES OF T SHIRT……….
3) HOW TO DESIGN A T SHIRT……..
4) TOP T SHIRT PRINTING
METHODS………
5)T SHIRT TRENDS

T SHIRT HISTORY
A T-shirt is an upper body garment
which gained popularity in the early
1960’s .
history of t shirt ,the first T shirt was
invented between the spanish
american war in 1898 and 1913
Though the T-shirt was created in the
early 20 th century. It was very rare to
see it
Worm as anything other than an
undershirt

TYPES OF T SHIRT
Polo shirt
Collar
Sleeveless shirt
Crew neck
Collar
Cotton
Scoop neck
Combed cotton
Polo collar T-Shirt

HOW TO DESIGN A T SHIRT

Designing your own
t-shirt can be a fun,
creative activity, and
may even bring you
some money if you
decide to sell your
designs. Whether you
intend to print the shirt
yourself or send it off to
a professional printer,
you can still come up
with the design for your
shirt right at home.

TOP T SHIRT PRINTING METHODS

Direct-to-Garment Printing (DTG)

Direct-to-garment or DTG printing use a inkjet or any

other muti purpose colour printer to print the artwork as

the name says directly from the garment. DTG printing

offers a full-colour, high-quality print, making it special

for complex designs or photographic images.

Inkjet printers are very expensive but other than that

they do not have any setup costs like any other printing

method and they are therefore more cost-effective for

small orders. If the quantity of t shirt production is less

we need just a few t-shirts, the DTG printing method is

your best option.

The methods take a pre-treatment step as the inks

colours are printed directly onto the fabric garment of

the t-shirt, and pre-treating of the garment allows the

ink to be gently fixed and won’t let it fade through the

material. moreover, the t-shirt needs heating before

printing to activate the treatment process.

Advantages
good for detailed multi-color designs printing
​ Quick production – a T-shirt is made within minutes
 ​ Inks penetrate the fabric; won't feel the print when
touching it
Disadvantages
only suitable with pure 100% cotton t-shirts or blends
with the right percentage of cotton for the print to come
out more good and attractive
DTG printing may washes out over time
Limited print area only can't cover the entire t-shirt with
designs applied
DTG printing machines are very costly

SCREEN PRINTING

Screen or silkscreen printing is a stencil-based printing

method where ink is applied to the t-shirt through a

mesh screen.

It’s the most famous printing method and has been

around for years – first done by hand and now by

printing machines.

It is used for more better screen printing inks

sustainable for other printing methods, resulting in very

elegant longer-lasting printed t shirt. As compared to

DTG printing, screen printing is better suited for designs

with some specialised colours.

screen printing is great for large orders nearly up to 500

t-shirts, as it is comparetably quick and easy to set up

other than any other printing method. However, it can be

more costly for smaller orders, as there is a setup cost

involved in this process

Advantages
​ Screen printing ink is deeply absorbed into fibers of
the garment, which results in stunning vibrant great
looking prints
​ Fast and effective printing process for huge
amounts of t-shirts
​ Can be used on most of the clothing materials like
cotton, polyester, and various blends
​ Screen-printed t-shirts can withstand countless
wash cycles without fading or any other material
damage
Disadvantages
 ​ Limited printing area only – this printing method
won't be suitable for covering the whole t-shirt this
is the major disadvantage of screen printing or silk
screen printing
​ If the printing entrepreneur going of doing this at
home, please understand that screen printing ink
tends to every where all over, and it's pretty messy
and it will spoil your house walls floors etc every
thing and is pretty damn messy
​ Limited colors – you won't be able to achieve an
extremely colorful design or print a super vivid
photograph on your t-shirt this is the one of the
major disadvantage faced by screen
​ Printing or silk screen printing
​ Heat Transfer Printing Methods
​
There are many different ways and methods of printing

t-shirts, heat transfer printing is one of the most famous

and popular way of t shirt printing. This uses a heat

press machine to transfer an image or graphic design

onto the t-shirt to print

Heat transfer printing is very different from both

previous methods since it doesn’t require any special

inks or dyes to print all you need is a heat press

machine and transfer paper.

Heat transfer printing is one of the great option for

custom made printed t-shirts because it’s versatile. You

can print almost any design or image onto a shirt by

using this method, including all-over-print designs that

cover the entire t-shirt.

All the methods mentioned down below are essentially

subtypes of the heat-press printing technique, so to

choose what’s best for your t-shirt printing business,

let’s look at each of them very carefully

Dye Sublimation or All-Over Printing (AOP)

Dye sublimation printing, also known as all-over-printing

(AOP), is probably among the most popularand famous

types of t shirt printing. The printing graphics are

automatically printed onto a unique heat transfer paper

which is then transferred onto t-shirts by applying heat

on it.

Dye-sublimation heat press method mainly uses dye

contant ink that turns changes on applying on it which is

a very different method and process from the other heat

transfer printing techniques mentioned after on the

article above.

The pressure and heat we applied converts the dye

contant ink into a gas and then again convert back to an

solid state. It is perfectand great for synthetic fibers like

polyester fabrics. As the dyes enters the fibers to it’s

bottom root , they changes one with the material, that

take in vivid and long term useful t-shirt prints.

Dye sublimation printing doesn’t used with garment

materials like cotton, which is very precious, change

called bleeding the result of the product looks very bad

and burry.
Synthetic materials rules are which the higher the

percentage of polyester increases, the better the results

that we get . This method is very good with white

polyester t-shirts, as dark based colours don’t work as

well as polyester because the dyes completely integrate

with the fibers of the material.

The screen printing process and DTG printing can’t be

used for allover printing of the T shirt, so you can be

more creativeand productive with the dye sublimation

method in your t-shirt business.

ADVANTAGES

​ Sublimation printing method gives as a long term

lasting results, as the dyes fully entres the fibers so

the graphic designs are bright and vivid, even after

so many uncountable washes

​ One of the best t-shirt printing options for long

lasting ,The colors will not crack or fade

 ​ Coverble the entire polyester t-shirt from end to end

for superb end results

DISADVANTAGES

​ Can't be used on dark colour garments like fabrics;

all of the printed T-shirt garments are white, as the

dyes need to enter the garment and it's unable to

see on a dark base colour.

​ It can't be used on cotton T-shirt prints. Only

garments with a high percentage of polyester, as its

fibres are smooth and not as absorbent as natural

fibres.

​ It is more expensive than other printing methods

like Direct to garment printing (DTG) and

​ The basic colour of the t-shirt, it gives a more

excellent result.

ADVANTAGES

​ DTF method allows printing on a wide range of

garment fabrics
 ​ Giving bright and attractive prints, as the designs

are applied on the fabric without entering the roots

of the garment fibres

​ Can be transferred onto any bacreen printing.

Direct-to-Film Printing (DTF)

Direct-to-film printing, or DTF, is one of the oldest and

greatest t-shirt printing methodsthat is existing on the

printing world and it involves printing designs onto a

special film (Polyethylene Terephthalate) and after that

transferring it to a t-shirt using adhesive powder and

heat.

As opposed to DTG printing, DTF doesn’t require a

pre-treatment of the garment which is used for T-shirt

printing, as the design is pre-printed onto a film.

This heat transfer method can be used on any type of

fabric or garment material. Create polyester t-shirts or

cotton t-shirt, the result is equally good.

However, in DTG the design and inks are incorporated

with the fabric material. the direct to film prinrting

method, the fixing powder enters the design plastic and

shining. Because the colours do not interact with sic

colour

​ High resistible with wear& tear

DISADVANTAGES

​ Can only be used on smaller and thinner items like

t-shirts, cushion covers or face masks

​ The print feels rather plasticky or some thing a little

bit hard

​ The entire process is more complex and problem

generating than dye sublimation or DTG printing

​ Conclusion: Using any of these t-shirt garment

techniques will help give your custom
 screen-printed t-shirt a more attractive and
elegant feel. But to really pull it off I recommend
you to use as many as possible as you can. The
more the better. another advanced screen
printing technique that we practiceat Evan
Webster Ink is that Soft Touch print. When
screen printing by hand you can control the
amount of pressure on the squeegee on the
printed output. By using light pressure the ink
doesn’t come through as much which really
makes the t-shirt look more attractive and
elegant.

T SHIRT TRENDS

During the 1960s T shirt flourished as a form of personal

expression many
Corporate giants used the popularity of t-shirts in the form of
advertising for example
Coca-cola and mickey mouse used the opportunity very well. since
1990 it as
Become common for all sizes of companies to produce printed
t-shirts with there
logo or messages as part of the overall advertising campaign
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