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hey,
I have come to the fact that instead of putting in woven tags in my shirts and spending a lot of money on that i am going to screen print tags on the back of the shirts. good? bad? i need advice please
We have done this by ganging sizes s, m ,l etc, making a plastisol transfer and using a hat press to put the label on the shirts. Faster than turning the shirt inside out then printing.
Its transfer paper, you get from your screen print supplier. Image has to be mirrored thou.
I'm new here, so this may be a dumb question, but... Is there a difference between the transfer paper you get from a screen print supplier vs. transfer paper that you can buy somewhere such as Wal-Mart, Best Buy, etc..? And do you print it on a regular inkjet printer?
We often print tags into shirts, once you get a rythym down it goes pretty fast. Simply put the shirts in a stack with the backs facing up, then reach into the shirt and grab the neck and pull it back through the bottom and then over the platen to print the label. Hope this helps!
Dave
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I'm new here, so this may be a dumb question, but... Is there a difference between the transfer paper you get from a screen print supplier vs. transfer paper that you can buy somewhere such as Wal-Mart, Best Buy, etc..? And do you print it on a regular inkjet printer?
Nope, not a dumb question.
The transfer paper mentioned in this thread is not the same as the transfer paper you would run through an inkjet. These guys are talking about a release paper that they screenprint on to produce plastisol transfers which can be applied with a heatpress. {If you do not have your own screenprint set-up, you can not produce your own plastisol transfers.}
As for the second part of your question, for best results you really shouldn't use inkjet transfer paper found at Wal-Mart or Best Buy (or Staples, or Office Depot, etc). Instead you should purchase transfer paper from a supplier because 1) it's professional quality and 2) it's much cheaper.
We've considered moving to woven tags, but in all honesty haven't because we really like the look and feel we get from the screen printed tags we have been doing.
One thing I will say though, despite really liking the look and feel of the screen printed tag, and our decision being to go with it at present (our being myself and my partner) I personally think the woven tag looks and feels more like "quality" and a "real" brand.
Now from a personal experience standpoint of being in the shop and knowing how hard we work to get the quality of product we are willing to ship out with our name on it (and trust me, we are both anal about detail and the quality of our product, to a fault quite often) I know that the tag isn't a reliable indicator of quality, but when I'm shopping, I have to remind myself of that sometimes.
I have ordered tags that can be heat transfered into the shirts at a really great price. All you need to do is provid eyour logo and whatever info you would like and they design it and prepare it for you. Once you get you just need to heat transfer it onto the shirt - so so easy.
While I think sometimes screen printed tags have a wider spectrum in relationship to woven tags, I believe woven tags seem more professional. But that's my opinion, I've noticed a lot of skate/surf companies are going towards screen printed so w/e. Onsielady, would you mind providing a link?
would anyone recommend screen printing the labels directly on the shirts? we just got our shirts de-tagged and were thinking about screenprinting our labels. we have a 6 color press besides the labor thats going to go into it, any disadvantages of doing that?? thanks for the help!!
screen printed tags? 
Re: screen printed tags? 
