| There are many types of printing methods that can be | | | | emboss them by using suitable dye colors on the |
| effectively put into use for printing on T shirts. In olden | | | | T-shirts and by using the dyeing process itself. |
| days, printing was done on paper and walls with | | | | 3. Stitching the desired pictures and logos on T-shirts is |
| rubber or wooden plates carved to represent the | | | | the kind of printing which will never lose its popularity |
| characters and pictures needed. Today, we neither | | | | for any reason. People, who know to stitch, will make |
| need to use the carving of wooden blocks, nor do we | | | | their own designs on the T-shirts they use and this |
| limit the walls and paper as areas for printing. Even | | | | type of printing has been done for centuries. Some |
| smooth glass can be printed with the needed | | | | very popular companies make use of this type of |
| characters and pictures with special LASER | | | | printing for their branded T-shirts and this seems to |
| technology. The latest trend at present is printing on | | | | work magic for them by racking in the highest amount |
| T-shirts and this has been successful in finding buyers | | | | of sales percentage for their products. |
| from all age groups. So how do we use the different | | | | 4. LASER technology has been introduced in the |
| types of printing techniques on T-shirts? | | | | printing business by some companies as this serves as |
| 1. Painting logos and designs enjoys a good reputation | | | | a fine design maker and it has high precision in giving |
| of printing on T-shirts; such printing is said to be quite | | | | quality logos and designs. This LASER technology |
| easy and it is worth the time that it takes to complete | | | | uses a high concentrated source of light spectrum to |
| each T-shirt. Dye based paints are used to make the | | | | burn through the cloth materials of the T-shirts, to |
| most creative and imaginative printing works on | | | | make beautiful designs by burning part of the material |
| medium quality T-shirts. Very high quality T-shirts use | | | | with high precision. This technique has its limitations |
| this technique sparsely as the companies who make | | | | though; you can use it only on materials that can |
| such T-shirts will have larger funds to go in for higher | | | | tolerate heat up to a certain level. Materials which have |
| grade printing techniques. | | | | a base of plastic and polyester will not be able to |
| 2. Embossing a picture by using the 'dye process' is a | | | | withstand even one percent of LASER energy. |
| system that is prevalent among industries who believe | | | | However this method has worked pretty well for other |
| in traditional printing and among those companies | | | | materials and is currently being used for T-shirt |
| whose production capacity is not very high. As they | | | | designing. |
| have all the time they need, they make designs and | | | | |