Which Custom Branded Apparel is Right for Your Business?
Screen-Printing
Screen-Printing is great for bold colors, higher volume and low cost per shirt. Designs can be bold and complex, and cost is directly related to the number of garments, colors and screens required. Screen-Printing is most economical for runs of 50 or more shirts, with the cost-per-shirt significantly lower on large orders. Perfect for promotional give-aways and high-turnover employee shirts.
Embroidery
Want to make a classy impression? Embroidery is the right choice. Embroidery is best for lower-volume, higher-value garments and acessories. Ideal for logos, embroidered polos, vests and jackets make a long-lasting, professional look that elevates your brand for client-facing employees. They also make great gifts for high-value clients. Cost is based on stitch-count. Round out your offerings with embroidered hats and bags.
Heat-Press Transfers
While screen-printing uses an individual screen for each color, Heat Transfers can have an unlimited color palette. The application is just what it sounds like: the design is printed onto a special material which is then transferred onto the shirt using a heat press. The opacity of the design will be the same regardless of the shirt color. Heat-pressed transfers sit directly on top of the fabric and often boast higher washability and crack resistance over time.
Direct-to-Garment Printing (DTG)
DTG is perfect for small runs of designs with photographic images, complex gradients, and designs with unlimited colors. Each garment is imprinted directly by a specialized printer. The cost can be higher per garment, but with no setup required, it can be a great way to get a prototype of a shirt design before investing in a larger screen-printing order. Durability is similar to screen-printing, but DTG is best on natural fibers.
Dyse-Sublimation (Dye-Sub)
Dye-sublimated apparel is the way to go for all-over, seam-to-seam designs. Perfect for polyester activewear and team jerseys requiring highly detailed, unlimited-color designs. Best applied to light-colored material since the ink embeds directly into the fabric itself. Dye-Sub shirts offer brilliant, breathable prints immune to cracking or peeling.