Custom Branded T-shirts (Why Silk Screen Printing is Popular)

Silk screen printing on t shirts is very popular and commonly used to produce t shirts for retail sale. One of the reasons is that it is a very suitable print method of printing high quantity orders. Once a screen is created, it can be used repeatedly to print on a large quantity of tshirts.

A simple way of understanding silk screen printing is:
1. Artwork is transferred on the screen (a frame with mesh stretched over it) using a process involving light exposure and a photo emulsion chemical.

2. Thereafter, it forms a stencil and ink is placed on it before being pushed through the mesh, onto the t-shirt. 

We are going to share with you 3 reasons why silk screen printing services in Singapore is so popular.

1. Economies of Scale
Firstly, you can achieve economies of scale using silk screen printing for your custom t shirts order. This is because the cost of producing the screen with the design incurs a one-time fee. Once this is created, the screen can be used over again and again to print on bulk quantities of t-shirts. In the event that more t-shirts are needed, as long as the screen is still in good condition, reprint is possible without incurring the cost of setting up the screen again. Hence, silkscreen printing is suitable for printing large quantities of t-shirts.

2. Speed of Production

Secondly, the silk screen printing process is faster than other printing methods such as heat transfer print, vinyl print and digital print. To print on a t shirt using the silk screen printing method takes 5 minutes or so, whereas digital printing (which works like using a colour printing on paper) takes about 25 minutes. An experienced company doing silkscreen printing services in Singapore can print thousands of t-shirts in day’s work. Hence, to meet a short timeline, silkscreen printing is the printing method to choose from.