Even for the best Direct-To-Garment printers, maintenance is key. For any DTG machine to perform its best, you must understand your shop conditions. Knowing how different factors, such as pre-treat grams and curing methods, affect your DTG print lets you produce the best looking DTG t-shirts.

Whether you are a starting a new screen printing business, or silk screening at home, there can be an overwhelming amount of information out there on the internet about how to screen printing. All screen printers have to get their start somewhere.

While t-shirts are one of the most popular garments for screen printing, you might get asked to print on hoodies, sweatshirts or fleeces. These non t-shirt garments might have buttons, zippers, or seams directly where you want to screen print.

Incorporating direct-to-garment printing, or DTG printing, into an established screen printing business can prove beneficial. Adding the ability to print single vibrant, multi-color t-shirts is a great additional service to offer your customers.

Having a steady workflow establishes high quality silk screens because there is consistency across the entire t-shirt printing operation. The screen room and frame preparation do not always have a proper workflow.

One of the most important aspects of getting the best looking vinyl and direct to garment (DTG) print is having good artwork files. There is an old saying that goes “junk in, junk out.” Get great looking artwork every time you print.

One of the biggest investments you can make in your screen printing business is an automatic screen printing machine. Making the jump from a manual t-shirt printing press to an automatic will give you instant results.

Screen printing team uniforms and jerseys is a great market for silk screen shops. Printing for a youth or adult sports league can mean repeat business. A lot of athletic printing for recreational leagues is a simple 1 or 2 color job.

One of the most necessary pieces of screen printing equipment for any screen printer is a good screen printing flash cure unit. A flash, also called a spot cure, helps every printing company achieve better screen printed t-shirts.