DTF Printing

DTF (Direct-to-Film) printing is a method used to transfer designs onto fabrics, particularly T-shirts. It involves printing a design onto a special film, which is then transferred onto the fabric using heat and pressure. This method is known for producing vibrant and detailed prints on various types of garments.

silk screen printing

What can Silk Screen printing do?
First of all…let’s get to know Silk Screen printing first.
A Silk Screen is a block screen made from stretched fabric and printed by scraping the paint through the grooves of the fabric. We call it Silk because in the past we used to use silk to make Block screens, but now we can use other types of fabric. A hole in their cloth must allow the ink to pass through and onto the surface for the work. Block Screens are commonly made from aluminum or wood. Made into a 4-sided frame, similar to a picture frame. Then take the cloth and stretch it on the frame very tight. The fabric that is stretched will be translucent cause there are holes for the ink to flow onto the material that we want to print.

So how do we get the image we want to print onto the block?
1. Bring the work files you received, from PDF, Illustrator, or PSD files. To shoot film first, just like the film of photography.
2. Then put the film through a light projector and apply a special process to make the image on the film onto the cloth. And you will get a Block Screen out.
3. Then we can take the Block and screen it onto the surface we want.

How to screen print color onto a workpiece?
1. Can be done manually by pouring paint onto the block and then scraping each color one at a time. For example, for a 3-color job, you have to make 3 separate blocks of colors and then scrape one color at a time so that the colors overlap until it becomes a picture.
2. Another method for large jobs or a large number, such as 5,000 stickers. This way, hand-sweeping will be slow and waste a lot of time. We will use the Auto Silk screen printing machine to do the work instead of humans.

Advantages: Screen printing is cheap if there is a large number of screen printings, the colors are bright and durable.

Disadvantages: There are many steps to make it, it takes a long time. If there is a small number of screen printings, the cost will be high. You have to pay for each color block, for example, if there are 5 colors in a picture, you have to make 5 blocks. The work file sent must be an Illustrator file only, and you have to pay for screen printing. In the case of changing the picture or work file, or the same picture but different sizes, you always have to make a new block.