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There are two ways to print a shirt. The first, and widely known of the two is the screen printing method. The other is the direct-to-print clothing.

Direct-to-garment printing is notable for its use of home printers instead of professional printing equipment that costs much dollars to purchase. It is considered as the cheapest alternative to screen printing and is very easy to make. First, print the design you want to put in the shirt in a special type of printing paper and then iron the shirt. That's all it is.

Because of its simplicity, direct to garment printing apparel is preferred by most people to print their designs as they can conveniently and easily reproduce photographs without suffering a loss of image quality or clarity. It is also ideal for those wishing to print only a small number of shirts from which he received a professional printing service requires large orders a hundred or more shirts.

However, when you want to print a bunch of shirts and then print directly to the final garment is not your cup of tea. This is because for every shirt print design, you have to print the design separately. That is a long time and, not to mention expensive.

Screen printing on the other hand, is ideal for this because you only need to use one screen for each design that need to print on each garment single. All they need to create a template for the design, then immediately press the design on each shirt. You can compare printer services screen to the bees in your garden: hover over a flower, grab your honey or pollen, and then move to the next flower. Thus, printers apply the design of a shirt, waiting to be finished, and then move to the next.

What does the screen printing is so expensive that its pressing equipment is expensive. Without But did you know that you can use your home printer to start printing service screen?

Stenciling: that's the key

The template, next to the screen, is the most important tool in the screen printing. The template is the template for design. It acts as a filter. The template has areas open and closed to allow the ink to pass through. Open spaces follow the contour of the design. Thus, the printing ink can pass and take the form of design. All other parts are made to block the printer ink to get through the screen.

This is where your home printer comes in. One of the two ways to make a stencil is to cut the design of any non-porous material and place in the bottom of the screen. You can use your home printer to print design, enough paper, and reproduce the design of a nonporous material that can be used as a negative. Then cut back the design of a refusal, and you're ready to print.

This Article is written by John C Arkin from MyOfficePortal.org the contributor of Printer Cartridges Blog. More information on the subject is at Easy Ways to Learn How to Do Screen Printing with Your Home Printer, and related resources can be found at printer ink.

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